Okahandya

Okahandya
	City
Okahandya
	Okahandja
A country	Namibia
Region	Ochozondyupa
History and Geography
Founded	1800
Area	164.2 km²
Center height
Timezone	UTC + 1
Population
Population	27 335 people ( 2012 )
Density	137 people / km²
Digital identifiers
Telephone code	+264 62
Car code	OH
	okahandja.org.na

Okahandya is the main city of the eponymous district located in the southern part of the Ochozondyup region in Central Namibia . A railway line passes through the city, as well as two freeways - B1 and B2 . According to the 2012 census, the population of the city is 27,335 people ^[1] .

Two rivers flow in the city - Okakango and Okamita .

Content

1 History
2 Climate
3 References
4 notes

History

In the 18th century, the current city was a settlement of Herero migrants from Bechuanaland (today Botswana ) with their leader. Then most of them headed to Windhoek , neighboring Gross Bartender and Ochimbingwe . Later, a small portion of the tribe returned to Okahandyu. The supreme leader and the “Keeper of the Fire of the Ancestors” (the German Hüter des Ahnenfeuers ) appeared. Here the leaders of the tribe were born, which went down in the history of the colonial German South-West Africa - Magarero (1820) and Samuel Magarero (1856).

Bloody events took place more than once in Okahandye. On August 23, 1850, Yonker Afrikaner with his tribe attacked the settlement, after which the power passed to him. This incident was captured as a “massacre in Okahandja” ( German: Blutbad von Okahandja ).

Climate

Climate Okahandya
Indicator	Jan	Feb	March	Apr	May	June	July	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Average maximum, ° C	33.0	31.3	30,2	28.5	25.7	23.1	23.5	26.6	30,4	32,4	32.6	33.7	29.2
Average temperature, ° C	24.7	23.8	22.9	20.3	16.7	13.6	13.7	16.3	20.1	22.3	23.5	24.7	20,2
Average minimum ° C	16.5	16.3	15.6	12.1	7.6	4.1	4.0	6.0	9.7	12,2	14.5	15.6	11.2
Precipitation rate, mm	78.1	100.3	87.3	30,0	4.0	0.9	0.2	0.9	2.9	11.5	30,2	33,2	379.5
Source: [1] , [2]

Links

The official site of the city of Okahandya

Notes

↑ ¹ ² World Gazetteer -. Population in important cities of Namibia, 2012 (neopr.) . Date of treatment November 6, 2012. Archived December 30, 2012.

[censung-1] ¹ ² World Gazetteer -. Population in important cities of Namibia, 2012 (neopr.) . Date of treatment November 6, 2012. Archived December 30, 2012.