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Okahandja
Khoekhoe: Kaiǁkhaes
City
Motto: 
Semper Prorsum
Okahandja is located in Namibia
Okahandja
Okahandja
Location in Namibia
Coordinates: 21°59′S 16°55′E / 21.983°S 16.917°E / -21.983; 16.917
CountryOkahandja Namibia
RegionOtjozondjupa Region
ConstituencyOkahandja constituency
Town1894
Area
 • Total229 km2 (88 sq mi)
Population
 (2023 census)[1][2]
 • Total45,159
 • Density200/km2 (510/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
ClimateBSh

Okahandja is a city[3] of 45,159 inhabitants in Otjozondjupa Region, central Namibia, and the district capital of the Okahandja electoral constituency. It is known as the Garden Town of Namibia. It is located 70 km north of Windhoek on the B1 road. It was founded around 1800, by two local groups, the Herero and the Nama.[4]

  1. ^ "Table 4.2.2 Urban population by Census years (2001 and 2011)" (PDF). Namibia 2011 - Population and Housing Census Main Report. Namibia Statistics Agency. p. 39. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
  2. ^ "2023 Population & Housing Census Preliminary Report" (PDF). Statistics Namibia.
  3. ^ "Local Authorities". Association of Local Authorities in Namibia (ALAN). Archived from the original on 10 June 2013. Retrieved 1 October 2012.
  4. ^ "Okahandja, a town in Namibia". The Cardboard Box. Retrieved 25 October 2010.

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