Okandjire

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settlement
Okandjire
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Namibia
Otjozondjupa
Omatako
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Map of Okandjire in Namibia

Okandjire is the only settlement in the Omatako constituency in the Otjozondjupa region of Namibia. The place is at the intersection of three secondary roads , the D2102, D2172 and D2188, about 40 kilometers east of Okahandja and the Von Bach Dam .

Okandjira is historically known for the battle that broke out there on March 4, 1904 between the Herero and the protection force for German South West Africa ( Battle of Okandjire ).

The settlement has a Namibian police station and a combined school.

Individual evidence

  1. a b Omatako Constituency. Otjozondjupa Regional Council. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
  2. The Battle of Okandjira. The Namibian, April 21, 2009.

Coordinates: 21 ° 57 '59.94 "  S , 17 ° 13" 1.39 "  E