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Aranos
Arahoab (historical) | |
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 Aranos from bird's eye view (2017) | |
  Aranos | |
| Coordinates: 24°08′S 19°07′E / 24.133°S 19.117°E | |
| Country |  Namibia |
| Region | Hardap Region |
| Constituency | Aranos Constituency |
| Proclaimed a village | 1958 |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
| • Total | 3,683 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (South African Standard Time) |
| Climate | BWh |
| Website | www |
Aranos is a town in the Hardap Region of central Namibia, situated in the Nossob River basin in the Kalahari Desert.
The main economic activity is farming.[2] The place normally receives an annual average rainfall of 188 millimetres (7.4 in), although in the 2010/2011 rainy season 505 millimetres (19.9 in) were measured.[3]
- ^ "Table 4.2.2 Urban population by Census years (2001 and 2011)" (PDF). Namibia 2011 - Population and Housing Census Main Report. Namibia Statistics Agency. p. 39. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
- ^ "Our mission and vision". Aranos Town Council. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
- ^ Menges, Werner (26 May 2011). "Rainy season was one for the record books". The Namibian. Archived from the original on 15 December 2011.