Karas Region

Summary

Karas Region is a region of Namibia^[1]. It draws 22 Wikipedia views per month (region_of_namibia category, ranking #10 of 14).^[2]

Key Facts

• Karas Region is located in Namibia^[3].
• Karas Region is in the country of Namibia^[4].
• Karas Region's image is recorded as Oryx på Fish River Canyon-1871 - Flickr - Ragnhild & Neil Crawford.jpg^[5].
• Karas Region's instance of is recorded as region of Namibia^[6].
• Karas Region's capital is recorded as Keetmanshoop^[7].
• Karas Region's official language is recorded as English^[8].
• Karas Region's shares border with is recorded as Northern Cape^[9].
• Karas Region's shares border with is recorded as Hardap Region^[10].
• Karas Region's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Berseba Constituency^[11].
• Karas Region's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Karasburg East^[12].
• Karas Region's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Keetmanshoop Rural Constituency^[13].
• Karas Region's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Keetmanshoop Urban Constituency^[14].
• Karas Region's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as ǃNamiǂNûs Constituency^[15].
• Karas Region's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Oranjemund Constituency^[16].
• Karas Region's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Karasburg West Constituency^[17].
• Karas Region's locator map image is recorded as ǁKaras in Namibia.svg^[18].
• Karas Region's ISO 3166-2 code is recorded as NA-KA^[19].
• Karas Region's Commons category is recorded as Karas^[20].
• Karas Region's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 2279557^[21].
• Karas Region's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+02:00^[22].
• Karas Region's located in time zone is recorded as Central Africa Time^[23].
• Karas Region's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -26.566666666667, 'lon': 18.133333333333}^[24].
• Karas Region's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/029l1h^[25].
• Karas Region's official website is recorded as https://karasrc.gov.na/^[26].
• Karas Region's FIPS 10-4 is recorded as WA31^[27].

Body

Geography

Karas Region is in the country of Namibia^[4]. It is located in Namibia^[3].

Physical Characteristics

Karas Region's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+161395'}^[28]. Population counts include {'amount': '+77421'}^[29] and {'amount': '+109893'}^[30].

Designation and Status

Karas Region's instance of is recorded as region of Namibia^[6].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Karas Region include Tiganophyton karasense^[31], a taxon^[32].

Why It Matters

Karas Region draws 22 Wikipedia views per month (region_of_namibia category, ranking #10 of 14).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[33] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[34]

Entities named for it include Tiganophyton karasense^[31], a taxon^[32].