Okahao
Sign in to saveOkahao is a town in the Omusati Region of northern Namibia and the district capital of the Okahao electoral constituency which is the largest constituency in Omusati region in terms of area. It is a former mission station of the Finnish Missionary Society. Okahao had a population of 7,486 people in 2023.
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Place details
- Region
- Omusati Region
- Country
- Namibia
- Population
- 7,000
- Timezone
- Africa/Windhoek
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Article
13 sectionsContents
- Geography
- History
- The first visit of Martti Rautanen to Ongandjera
- The founding of the first mission station
- Preparing for a new start in the 1890s
- A new mission station is founded in 1903
- The Finns get competitors
- Later developments
- Infrastructure
- Politics
- External links
- Literature
- References
Okahao is a town in the Omusati Region of northern Namibia and the district capital of the Okahao electoral constituency which is the largest constituency in Omusati region in terms of area. It is a former mission station of the Finnish Missionary Society. Okahao had a population of 7,486 people in 2023.
==Geography== It is situated in the Ongandjera tribal area west of Oshakati on the main road MR123 (Outapi — Tsandi — Okahao).
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