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Key facts
- Country
- Namibia
- Capital
- Gobabis
- Governor
- Pijoo Nganate
- Total
- 84,981 km (32,811 sq mi)
- Density
- 1.2106/km (3.1355/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+2 ( CAT )
- Hdi 2017
- 0.600 , medium · 10th
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- region of Namibia
- Country
- Namibia
- Located in
- Namibia
- Contains
- Otjombinde Constituency
- Capital
- Gobabis
- Population
- 71233
- Area
- 84612
- Time zone
- Central Africa Time
- Shares border with
- Kgalagadi District
- Official website
- www.arc.org.na/home.php?pn=omaheke_council
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- Commons category
- Omaheke
- topic's main category
- Category:Omaheke Region
- language used
- Herero
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Encyclopedic overview
Omaheke (the Otjiherero word for sandveld) is one of the fourteen regions of Namibia, the least populous region. Its capital is Gobabis. It lies in eastern Namibia on the border with Botswana and is the western extension of the Kalahari Desert. The self-governed villages of Otjinene, Leonardville, and Witvlei are situated in the region. As of 2020, Omaheke had 48,594 registered voters.
Geography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Omaheke Region” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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