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Okongo Facts

Area	1.1 km²
Population	1,732
Male Population	864 (49.9%)
Female Population	868 (50.1%)
Population change (1975 to 2020)	+331.9%
Population change (2000 to 2020)	+47.4%
Median Age	16.7 years (Male: 16.4, Female: 16.9)
Local Time
Timezone	Central Africa Time
Lat & Lng	-17.56667, 17.21667

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Okongo Population

Years 1975 to 2020

Data	1975	1990	2000	2015	2020
Population	401	805	1,175	1,605	1,732
Population Density	356.4 / km²	715.6 / km²	1,044.4 / km²	1,426.7 / km²	1,539.6 / km²

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Okongo Population change from 2000 to 2015

Increase of 36.6% from year 2000 to 2015

Location	Change since 1975	Change since 1990	Change since 2000
Okongo	+300.2%	+99.4%	+36.6%
Ohangwena Region	+135.2%	+52.4%	+17.5%
Namibia	+169.8%	+71.5%	+28.5%

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Okongo Median Age

Median Age: 16.7 years

Location	Median Age	Median Age (Female)	Median Age (Male)
Okongo	16.7 yrs	16.9 yrs	16.4 yrs
Ohangwena Region	16.9 yrs	18.2 yrs	15.5 yrs
Namibia	21.1 yrs	21.7 yrs	20.6 yrs

Sources: CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)

Okongo Population Density

Population Density: 1,540 / km²

Location	Population	Area	Density
Okongo	1,732	1.125 km²	1,540 / km²
Ohangwena Region	284,506	10,697.1 km²	26.6 / km²
Namibia	2.5 million	824,094.1 km²	3 / km²

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Okongo Historical and Projected Population

Estimated Population from 1500 to 2100

Sources:

JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid
CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)
[Link] Klein Goldewijk, K., Beusen, A., Doelman, J., and Stehfest, E.: Anthropogenic land use estimates for the Holocene – HYDE 3.2, Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 9, 927–953, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-927-2017, 2017.

Human Development Index (HDI)

Statistic composite index of life expectancy, education, and per capita income.

Source: [Link] Kummu, M., Taka, M. &Guillaume, J. Gridded global datasets for Gross Domestic Product and Human Development Index over 1990–2015. Sci Data 5, 180004 (2018) doi:10.1038/sdata.2018.4

Okongo CO2 Emissions

Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Emissions Per Capita in Tonnes Per Year

Location	CO2 Emissions	CO2 Emissions Per Capita	CO2 Emissions Intensity
Okongo	4,030 tn	2.33 tn	3,582.4 tons/km²
Ohangwena Region	644,402 tn	2.26 tn	60.2 tons/km²
Namibia	7,056,182 tn	2.84 tn	8.6 tons/km²

Sources: [Link] Moran, D., Kanemoto K; Jiborn, M., Wood, R., Többen, J., and Seto, K.C. (2018) Carbon footprints of 13,000 cities. Environmental Research Letters DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/aac72a

Okongo CO2 Emissions

2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year)	4,030 tn
2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year) per capita	2.33 tn
2013 CO2 emissions intensity (tonnes/km²/year)	3,582.4 tons/km²

Natural Hazards Risk

Relative risk out of 10

Hazard	Risk Level
Drought	Medium (5)

* Risk, particularly concerning flood or landslide, may not be for the entire area.

Sources:

Dilley, M., R.S. Chen, U. Deichmann, A.L. Lerner-Lam, M. Arnold, J. Agwe, P. Buys, O. Kjekstad, B. Lyon, and G. Yetman. 2005. Natural Disaster Hotspots: A Global Risk Analysis. Washington, D.C.: World Bank. https://doi.org/10.1596/0-8213-5930-4.
Center for Hazards and Risk Research - CHRR - Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University, and International Research Institute for Climate and Society - IRI - Columbia University. 2005. Global Drought Hazard Frequency and Distribution. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4VX0DFT.

Okongo

Okongo is a village in the Ohangwena Region of northern Namibia, situated about 120 kilometres (75 mi) east of Eenhana. It is the district capital of Okongo Constituency. area is sandy and forested, limiting road access to the village. The most comm..

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