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C40 road (Namibia)

road in Namibia

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionNov 12, 2024
Entity authorityQ249641 ↗
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The C40 is a secondary route in central Namibia. It is 259 kilometres (161 mi) long, leading from Outjo via Kamanjab to Palmwag.

The C40 is tarred between Outjo and Kamanjab. Between Kamanjab and Palmwag is Grootberg Pass at 1,629 metres (5,344 ft) elevation. Here the road conditions are often poor, for tourists a 4x4 is recommended.

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This entry incorporates text from “C40 road (Namibia)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.