title: Namaka, Alberta
text: # Namaka, Alberta
  
  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
  
  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 -15.3% from its 2016 population of 85. With a land area of 0.31 $km^2$ (0.12 sq mi), it had a population density of $232.3/km^2$ (601.5/sq mi) in 2021.
  
  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 -29.6% from its 2011 population of 71. With a land area of 0.13 $km^2$ (0.050 sq mi), it had a population density of $384.6/km^2$ (996.1/sq mi) in 2016.
  
  