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Lüderitz

city in Namibia
City city Q159325

Facts

16 properties

Identity

Instance of
city, human settlement[5]
Inception
1883, May 12, 1883[9][10]
Official website
www.luderitztowncouncil.com.na, www.luderitz-tc.com[12][13]
Official name
Lüderitz, Lüderitz[18][19]

Location

Country
Namibia[4]
Coordinate location
🗺️ -26.648°, 15.158°[11]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
ǃNamiǂNûs Constituency, Karas Region[2][3]

Population and size

Area
+15.3
Elevation above sea level
+6, +5.7[22]
Population
+12537, +16156[14][15]
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata 12,537 · 16,156 GeoNames 15,137 edition 2026-09-26 · CC BY 4.0 ↗

Codes

Local dialing code
6331[8]
More facts +5
Described by source
The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[16][17]
Different from
Lüderitz[21]
Licence plate code
L[7]
Motto text
Challenge, Innovation, Prosperity[20]
Named after
Adolf Lüderitz[6]
🏷️ Also known as
en Angra Pequena en Lüderitz ar لودريتز da Luderitz el Λούντεριτζ es Luderitz fa لودریتس (نامیبیا) fr Angra Pequena fr Luderitz he לידריץ it Luderitz it Angra Pequena it Angra Pequeña ja リューデリッツ ja リュデリッツ ko 뤼데리츠 nl Luederitz pl Luderitz pl Luederitz pt Luderitz
🔖 Identifiers · 27
VIAF cluster ID
153630055
Library of Congress authority ID
n82112434
GND ID
4036500-1
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Blick von Felsenkirche.jpg ↗
ArchINFORM location ID
49229
BBC Things ID
0a1dc2d4-64f8-4f67-8faf-c8049f825a1e
CERL Thesaurus ID
cnl00035499
Curlie ID
Regional/Africa/Namibia/Localities/Lüderitz/
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
place/Luderitz
FactGrid item ID
Francis Xavier Weninger
Freebase ID
/m/01_qn1
GNS Unique Feature ID
-2583555
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GeoNames ID
3355672
Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID
1000880
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Lüderitz
Lex ID
Lüderitz
NL CR AUT ID
ge1153574
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007557441705171
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
3934240
OpenWeatherMap city ID
3355672
SNARC ID
July 6
Topic's main category
Category:Lüderitz
UN/LOCODE
NALUD
WOEID
1465296
Who's on First ID
421181465
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJmP3P3gKDTJtDvfMcPxXd
Yale LUX ID
place/2a3fb90a-c56d-4e6b-9206-062e268015fd
📚 Sources · 1
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Source
GeoNames
Edition
20260926 · as of 2026-09-26
Licence
CC BY 4.0
Credit
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🔗 Connections
People born here 4
Anton Lubowski, Thomalina Adams, Hilaria Mukapuli, Stacey Catherine Naris
Contained subdivisions 2
Lüderitz Railway Station, Deutsche Bank Afrika Building
Instance of 2
city, human settlement
Located in the administrative territorial entity 2
Karas Region, ǃNamiǂNûs Constituency
Country 1
Namibia
Described by source 1
The Nuttall Encyclopædia
Different from 1
Lüderitz
FactGrid item ID 1
Francis Xavier Weninger
Located in time zone 1
UTC+01:00
Named after 1
Adolf Lüderitz
Named after 1
Lüderitz Airport
People who died here 1
Wilhelm Sander
SNARC ID 1
July 6
Topic's main category 1
Category:Lüderitz
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Lüderitz
← Different from 1
Lüderitz
← Place served by transport hub 1
Lüderitz Airport
← SNARC ID 1
Marktsteft
← Significant place 1
Sperrgebiet
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Summary

Lüderitz is a city[1].

Body

Geography

Located in include ǃNamiǂNûs Constituency[2], a constituency of Namibia[23], in Namibia[24] and Karas Region[3], a region of Namibia[25], in Namibia[26].

Physical Characteristics

Lüderitz covers an area of {'amount': '+15.3'}[27]. Elevations include {'amount': '+6'}[22] and {'amount': '+5.7'}[28].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Lüderitz include Lüderitz Airport[29], an airport[30], in Namibia[31].

Why It Matters

Entities named for Lüderitz include Lüderitz Airport[29], an airport[30], in Namibia[31].

Related Entities

city Namibia

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

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Inline context (facts about related entities)

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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