Okahao

city Okahao
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motto	Excellency, Development, Partnership (excellence, development, partnership)
Basic data
Population Area Population Density	1600 (2011 census) 6.3 km² 253.2 inhabitants / km²
State Region Constituency	Namibia Omusati Okahao
Establishment date
License plate phone code	65
Website	okahaotc.com.na

Okahao is a city and the administrative seat of the constituency of the same name in the Omusati region in northern Namibia . Okahao has 1600 inhabitants (as of 2011). The city lives from agriculture and is located about 70 kilometers southwest of Oshakati , 25 kilometers from Tsandi and 55 kilometers from Outapi .

The surrounding settlements near Okahao include Ongandjera , the birthplace of Samuel Nujoma , Namibia's first president. Ongandjera is also the seat of the Ongandjera kings . Other villages are Etunda ( 17 ° 54 ′  S , 15 ° 6 ′  E ) and Oshimanya.

Okahao has an airport (FYOH), a gas station, a hospital and, since 2008, the Shilongo shopping center.

The name of the place is derived from the Oshivambo word "Okaiga" and means something like "small vessel for storing water".

history

The city and the surrounding villages are closely linked to the history of the Ongandjera kings and the Finnish missionaries of today's Evangelical Lutheran Church in Namibia . The place is traditionally known as a spiritual spring.

Local politics

The city is headed by a municipal council with seven members, who are currently (as of December 2015) all members of SWAPO . In the local elections in 2015 , there was no opponent for SWAPO.

education

There are the following schools in the Okahao Education District, only the Okahao Primary School is located directly in the city.

• Ankonga Primary School
• Nangombe Combined School
• Okahao Primary School
• Okatutuwa Primary School
• Onetumbo Primary School
• Etalaleko Secondary School
• Omuthitu Combined School
• Shaanika Mashilongo Secondary School

Web links

• Official site of the city Okahao (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} Namibia 2011 Population and Housing Census Preliminary Results. Namibia Statistics Agency, April 2012  ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) accessed on May 9, 2012
2. ↑ ^{a b} About Us , Okahao Town Council ( memento November 29, 2010 in the Internet Archive ), accessed July 26, 2011
3. ↑ Official election results of the regional and local elections 2015, ECN, December 4, 2015 ( Memento of December 10, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 150 kB)
4. ↑ Schools and Clusters of the Omusati Region, Raison Namibia, May 2003 ( Memento of June 14, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) accessed on July 26, 2011

Coordinates: 17 ° 53 ′  S , 15 ° 6 ′  E