URBAN POPULATIONS
Data ID
File name: town_populations
File path: d:\north_central\Population\
File type: Arcview shapefile
Category: Population
Description: Urban area boundaries and estimates of urban populations for 1998
Status: Completed
Geographical area: north-central Namibia
Keywords: population

urban
Date of last update: 1999/12/01
ID notes: Estimates derived using methods and assumptions described for data on population density 1998
Location notes:
Data quality and organisation
Positional Accuracy: 500 m
Vector/Raster: Vector
Data quality notes:
Spatial reference
Projection: Geodetic
Datum: Bessel
Spatial reference notes:
Fields
Field name Field description Field source/notes
GEO Enumeration area code from 1991 cencus
NO_PEOPLE Estimated population
AREA Area in square kilometres
DENSITY People per square kilometres
Source/Distribution
Lineage/Source of Data: Environmental Profiles Project
Author of Data Source: Environmental Profiles Project
Contact: Environmental Profiles Project or Natural Resource Information Service (NRIS)
Online/Offline Address: Environmental Profiles Project,

Directorate of Environmental Affairs, P/Bag 13306, Windhoek,

Tel: 061 249015

www.dea.met.gov.na

OR

Natural Resource Information System (NRIS),

Ministry of Lands, Resettlement & Rehabilitation, P/Bag 5571, Oshakati

Email: nris@africaonline.com.na
Distribution notes: Unrestricted

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