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Namaka
Namaka is located in Alberta
Namaka
Namaka
Location in Alberta
Namaka is located in Canada
Namaka
Namaka
Location in Canada
Country Canada
Province Alberta
Region Southern Alberta
Census division 5
Municipal district Wheatland County, Alberta
Government
 • Type Unincorporated
Area
 (2021)
 • Land 0.31 km2 (0.12 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)
 • Total 72
 • Density 229.5/km2 (594/sq mi)
Time zone UTC−07:00 (MST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC−06:00 (MDT)
Area code(s) 403, 587, 825

Namaka is a hamlet in southern Alberta, Canada within Wheatland County. It is located approximately 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) south of Highway 1 and 55 kilometres (34 mi) east of Calgary. Its name means "near the water" in Blackfoot. The first school was built in 1909.

Demographics

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As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Namaka recorded a population of 50 living in 21 of its 21 total private dwellings, a change of -29.6% from its 2011 population of 71. With a land area of 0.13 km2 (0.050 sq mi), it had a population density of 384.6/km2 (996/sq mi) in 2016.

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