Keetmanshoop
Keetmanshoop
ǂNuǂgoaes Swartmodder | |
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City | |
Clockwise from top: Keetmanshoop church, Keetmanshoop airport, Colonial ruins, Aerial view of Keetmanshoop, Colonial post office | |
| Motto: Laborando vincimus | |
| Coordinates: 26°34′43″S 18°8′0″E / 26.57861°S 18.13333°E | |
| Country | Namibia |
| Region | ǁKaras Region |
| Constituency | Keetmanshoop Urban |
| Established | 14 April 1866 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | McDonald Hanse (LPM) |
| • Deputy Mayor | Charlcyta Cooper (LPM) |
| Population (2023) | |
• Total | 27,862 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Climate | BWh |
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Keetmanshoop is a town in the ǁKaras Region of southern Namibia. It is named after Johann Keetman, a German industrialist and benefactor of the city. Keetmanshoop had a population of 27,862 people in 2023.