Okahandja
Sign in to saveOkahandja is a city of 45,159 inhabitants in Otjozondjupa Region, central Namibia, and the district capital of the Okahandja electoral constituency. It is known as the Garden Town of Namibia. It is located 70 km north of Windhoek on the B1 road. It was founded around 1800, by two local groups, the Herero and the Nama.
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Place details
- Locality
- Okahandja
- Region
- Otjozondjupa Region
- Country
- Namibia
- Population
- 26,832
- Timezone
- Africa/Windhoek
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Okahandja
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.motto
- Semper Prorsum
- Settlement.shield_size
- 100px
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Namibia
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 300
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Namibia
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Otjozondjupa Region
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Constituency
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Okahandja constituency
- Settlement.established_title
- Town
- Settlement.established_date
- 1894
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 229
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2023 census
- Settlement.population_total
- 45,159
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Namibia
- Located in
- Otjozondjupa Region
- Population
- 45159
- Elevation
- 1650
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Official website
- okahandja.org
- Image
- Bahnhof Okahandja 1903.jpg
- Dialing code
- 6228
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- Okahandja
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- History
- Economy
- Transport
- Education
- List of schools in Okahandja
- Politics
- Sport
- See also
- References
Okahandja is a city of 45,159 inhabitants in Otjozondjupa Region, central Namibia, and the district capital of the Okahandja electoral constituency. It is known as the Garden Town of Namibia. It is located 70 km north of Windhoek on the B1 road. It was founded around 1800, by two local groups, the Herero and the Nama.
==History== In the Herero language, Okahandja means the place where two rivers converge, with the two rivers being the Okakango and the Okamita.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Okahandja” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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