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C49 road (Namibia)

road in Namibia

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionOct 15, 2024
Entity authorityQ111337602 ↗
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The C49 is a tarred road in the Caprivi Strip of Namibia. It leaves and rejoins the B8, at Katima Mulilo and Kongola, respectively.

The C49 is 188 kilometres (117 mi) long and serves the communities Chinchimane, Linyanti, Sikwalo, Mantemwa, Dipito, Sangwali, Muneambuanas, and Luzibalule.

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This entry incorporates text from “C49 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.