Ohangwena Region

Ohangwena is one of the fourteen regions of Namibia; its capital is . Major settlements in the region are the towns of Eenhana and , as well as the self-governed village of and the proclaimed settlements Ongha, Ongenga and Omungwelume.
  • Type: State with 338,000 residents
  • Description: region in Namibia
  • Also known as: “NA-OW” and “اوہانگوینا ریجن”

Ohangwena Region

Latitude
-17.5877° or 17° 35′ 16″ south
Longitude
16.7738° or 16° 46′ 26″ east
Population
338,000
Elevation
1,140 metres (3,740 feet)
Open location code
5FJRCQ6F+WG
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Ohangwena Region” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Ohangwena”
  • Amharic: “ኦሃንግወና ክልል”
  • Arabic: “إقليم أوهانغوينا”
  • Arabic: “إقليم أوهنغوينا”
  • Asturian: “Ohangwena”
  • Azerbaijani: “Ohangwena bölgəsi”
  • Basque: “Ohangwena”
  • Bengali: “ওহাংয়েনা অঞ্চল”
  • Bulgarian: “Охангвена”
  • Catalan: “Ohangwena”
  • Cebuano: “Ohangwena”
  • Chinese: “奥汉圭纳区”
  • Chinese: “奧漢圭納區”
  • Croatian: “Ohangwena”
  • Danish: “Ohangwena Region”
  • Danish: “Ohangwena”
  • Dutch: “Ohangwena”
  • Estonian: “Ohangwena piirkond”
  • Estonian: “Ohangwena ringkond”
  • Faroese: “Ohangwena”
  • Finnish: “Ohangwena”
  • French: “Ohangwena”
  • Georgian: “ოჰანგვენის რეგიონი”
  • German: “Ohangwena”
  • German: “Region Ohangwena”
  • Greek: “Οχανγκβένα”
  • Gujarati: “ઓહંગવેના પ્રદેશ”
  • Hausa: “Yankin Ohangwena”
  • Hindi: “ओहांगवेना प्रदेश”
  • Ido: “Regiono Ohangwena”
  • Indonesian: “Region Ohangwena”
  • Indonesian: “Wilayah Ohangwena”
  • Italian: “regione di Ohangwena”
  • Italian: “Regione di Ohangwena”
  • Japanese: “オハングウェナ州”
  • Javanese: “Wilayah Ohangwena”
  • Kannada: “ಒಯಾಂಗ್ವೆನಾ ಪ್ರದೇಶ”
  • Kazakh: “Ohangwena oblysы”
  • Kirghiz: “Ohangwena облусу”
  • Korean: “오항궤나주”
  • Latvian: “Ohanvenas reģions”
  • Lithuanian: “Ohangvenos regionas”
  • Malay: “Ohangwena Region”
  • Marathi: “ओहंगवेना प्रदेश”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Ohangwena Chiu”
  • Northern Frisian: “Ohangwena”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ohangwena”
  • Norwegian: “Ohangwena”
  • Oromo: “Naannoo Ohangwena”
  • Panjabi: “ਓਹਾਂਗਵੇਨਾ ਖੇਤਰ”
  • Persian: “منطقه اوهانگونا”
  • Polish: “Ohangwena”
  • Portuguese: “Ohangwena”
  • Pushto: “اهانګوینا سیمه”
  • Romanian: “Regiunea Ohangwena”
  • Russian: “Охангвена”
  • Sinhala: “ඔහන්ග්වෙනා කලාපය”
  • Slovenian: “Ohangwena”
  • Somali: “Gobolka Ohangwena”
  • Spanish: “Ohangwena”
  • Spanish: “Región de Ohangwena”
  • Swahili: “Mkoa wa Ohangwena”
  • Swedish: “Ohangwena (region)”
  • Swedish: “Ohangwena”
  • Tajik: “Вилояти Ohangwena”
  • Tamil: “ஒங்கவென பகுதி”
  • Tatar: “Ohangwena төбәге”
  • Telugu: “ఓహాంగ్వెనా ప్రాంతం”
  • Thai: “เดอะแวลลีย์”
  • Turkish: “Ohangwena Bölgesi”
  • Turkish: “Ohangwena”
  • Ukrainian: “Охангвена”
  • Urdu: “اوہانگوینا علاقہ”
  • Uzbek: “Ohangwena viloyati”
  • Vietnamese: “Khu vực Ohangwena”
  • Western Armenian: “Օհանկբենա”
  • Western Frisian: “Ohangwena (regio)”
  • Western Frisian: “Ohangwena”
  • Western Panjabi: “صوبہ اوہنگوینا”
  • Wu Chinese: “奥汉圭纳区”
  • Zulu: “Ohangwena Region”

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Places to explore: Oshikunde and Onhunda.

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Highlights: Oshikunde Constituency Office and ELCIN.

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