Namaka | |
Settlement Type: | Hamlet |
Pushpin Relief: | yes |
Pushpin Map: | Canada Alberta#Canada |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Namaka |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Canada |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Alberta |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Name2: | Southern Alberta |
Subdivision Type3: | Census division |
Subdivision Name3: | 5 |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipal district |
Subdivision Name4: | Wheatland County, Alberta |
Government Type: | Unincorporated |
Leader Title1: | Governing body |
Leader Name1: | Wheatland County, Alberta Council |
Established Title: | Established |
Area Footnotes: | (2021) |
Area Land Km2: | 0.31 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Total: | 72 |
Population Density Km2: | 229.5 |
Timezone: | MST |
Utc Offset: | −07:00 |
Timezone Dst: | MDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | −06:00 |
Coordinates: | 50.9586°N -113.2925°W |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Area Code: | 403, 587, 825 |
Blank Name: | Highways |
Blank1 Name: | Waterways |
Namaka is a hamlet in southern Alberta, Canada within Wheatland County. It is located approximately south of Highway 1 and east of Calgary. Its name means "near the water" in Blackfoot. The first school was built in 1909.[1]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Namaka had a population of 72 living in 25 of its 26 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 85. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2021.[2]
As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Namaka had a population of 50 living in 21 of its 21 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2011 population of 71. With a land area of 0.13km2, it had a population density of in 2016.[3]