Okakarara

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city
Okakarara
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Basic data
Population
Area
Population Density 		3700 (2011 census)
21.6 km²
171.3 inhabitants / km²
State
Region
Constituency 		Namibia
Otjozondjupa
Okakarara
Establishment date
License plate
phone code 		OK
63
Website
Map Okakarara in Namibia
Political data

Mayor :

Chief Executive Officer : {{{CEO}}}

Last election: 2015

Next election: 2020

City administration address:
Geographical data

Geographical coordinates : 20 ° 35′9.98 "S, 17 ° 27′28.85" E

Height :

Okakarara is a town in the constituency of the same name in the Otjozondjupa region in Namibia and has 3700 inhabitants. It is located a few kilometers southeast of the Waterberg Park in the former homeland Hereroland and is still a center of the Herero today .

Local politics

The following official final result was determined in the 2015 local elections .

Political party be right Share of votes Seats
NUDO 842 49.3% 3
SWAPO 538 26.7% 2
DTA 483 23.9% 2
WRP 115 05.7% 0
SWANU 037 01.8% 0
All in all 2015 100% 7th

economy

Since 2007, a trade fair with a focus on agriculture and technology has been held in Okakarara every year in September, as well as a meeting point for breeders. This initiative also led to the establishment of a trade center (for SMEs ) and a cultural center (financed with German support). The municipality also has a secondary school, a state hospital and a vocational training center.

In the field of development aid, the steps for children foundation has been active with growing institutions since 2006 .

Town twinning

NamibiaNamibia Otjiwarongo
NamibiaNamibia Swakopmund

Commemorations

On August 14, 2004 the commemorations for the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Waterberg took place in Okakarara ; The then German Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul spoke for the first time of the moral guilt of German troops in connection with the suppression of the Herero and Nama uprising by the German colonial power.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Namibia 2011 Population and Housing Census Preliminary Results. Namibia Statistics Agency, April 2012 , accessed May 9, 2012
  2. ↑ 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)
  3. ↑ Okakarara Trade Fair exceeds expectations New Era, September 20, 2016.
  4. ^ Okakarara Gets Cultural Center New Era, July 14, 2008.
  5. ↑ Center celebrates 40 years of vocational training Allgemeine Zeitung, July 11, 2017.
  6. ↑ Sustainability, helping people to help themselves and professionalism are our priority. steps for children, accessed on June 21, 2018
  7. ^ Wieczorek-Zeul in Namibia. Germany apologizes for colonial crimes . Spiegel Online, August 15, 2004, accessed July 10, 2015
  8. ^ German Embassy Windhoek: Speech by Federal Minister Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul at the commemoration of the Herero uprisings on August 14, 2004 in Okakarara

Coordinates: 20 ° 35 ′  S , 17 ° 27 ′  E