Ongandjera
Ongandjera is a tribal area near Okahao in the Omusati Region in northern Namibia. Ongandjera is the birthplace of Sam Nujoma, the country's first president, and of Pendukeni Iivula-Ithana who was the secretary-general of SWAPO from 2007 to 2012.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Locality with 2,720 residents
- Description: settlement in the Omusati Region of Namibia
- Also known as: “Okandjera” and “Rehoboth”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Okahao.
Okahao
Town
Okahao is a town in the Omusati Region of northern Namibia and the district capital of the Okahao electoral constituency which is the largest constituency in Omusati region in terms of area.
Ongandjera
- Category: human settlement
- Location: Omusati Region, Namibia, Southern Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-17.87826° or 17° 52′ 42″ southLongitude
15.06957° or 15° 4′ 11″ eastPopulation
2,720Elevation
1,092 metres (3,583 feet)Open location code
5FJQ43C9+MROpenStreetMap ID
node 12629099593OpenStreetMap feature
place=localityGeoNames ID
3354178Wikidata ID
Q3352721
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Ongandjera” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Ongandjera”
- Azerbaijani: “Onqancera”
- Belarusian: “Анганджэра”
- Catalan: “Ongandjera”
- Cebuano: “Ongandjera”
- Danish: “Ongandjera”
- Dutch: “Ongandjera”
- French: “Ongandjera”
- German: “Ongandjera”
- Hebrew: “אונגנדג’רה”
- Irish: “Ongandjera”
- Luxembourgish: “Ongandjera”
- Russian: “Онганджера”
- Swahili: “Ongandjera”
- Swedish: “Ongandjera”
- Ukrainian: “Онганджера”
- Zulu: “Ongandjera”
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