Ohangwena Region

This article is about the Region, the first-level administrative unit of Namibia. For the electoral constituency, see Ohangwena Constituency. For the suburb and former village of Ohangwena, see Helao Nafidi.
Ohangwena Region
Region
Location of the Ohangwena Region in Namibia
Location of the Ohangwena Region in Namibia
CountryNamibia
CapitalEenhana
Government
 • GovernorSebastian Ndeitunga[1]
Area
[2]
 • Total10,706 km2 (4,134 sq mi)
Population
 (2023 census)[3][4]
 • Total337,729
 • Density32/km2 (82/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (CAT)
HDI (2017)0.598[5]
medium · 11th
Websiteohangwenarc.gov.na

Ohangwena is one of the fourteen regions of Namibia, its capital is Eenhana. Major settlements in the region are the towns Eenhana and Helao Nafidi as well as the self-governed village of Okongo and the proclaimed settlements Ongenga and Omungwelume.[6] As of 2020, Ohangwena had 150,724 registered voters.[7]

Ohangwena is traversed by the northwesterly line of equal latitude and longitude. In the north, Ohangwena borders Angola: the Cunene Province, except for a small border with Cuando Cubango Province in the far northeast. Domestically, it borders the following regions:

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference head was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Namibia's Population by Region". Election Watch (1). Institute for Public Policy Research: 3. 2013.
  3. ^ "Ohangwena 2011 Census Regional Profile" (PDF). Statistics Namibia. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  4. ^ "2023 Population & Housing Census Preliminary Report" (PDF). Statistics Namibia.
  5. ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
  6. ^ "Towns – Villages". Ohangwena Regional Council. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
  7. ^ "Regional Council 2020 Election Results". Interactive map. Electoral Commission of Namibia. 18 January 2021. Retrieved 10 July 2021.