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Otjikondo

Coordinates: 19°50′53″S 15°28′08″E / 19.848°S 15.469°E / -19.848; 15.469
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Otjikondo
Otjikondo is located in Namibia
Otjikondo
Otjikondo
Coordinates: 19°50′53″S 15°28′08″E / 19.848°S 15.469°E / -19.848; 15.469
Country Namibia
RegionKunene
Time zoneUTC+1 (SAST)

Otjikondo is a settlement with post office, shops and hotel, 83 km north-west of Outjo in Namibia. The name is from the Herero language and means 'place of the kondo-coloured cattle', i.e. red or black with a strip of white across the back.[1]

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  1. ^ Raper, Peter E. (1987). Dictionary of Southern African Place Names. Internet Archive. p. 353. Retrieved 28 August 2013.