Eenhana Town Council

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Datasheet of Eenhana and the Region
	EENHANA
		Population 10 000 people
		Location Lat17.483S Long16.322E Elev1116m

	EENHANA CONSTITUENCY
		Population 24 193 people
		Area ..............

	OHANGWENA REGION
		Population 225 774 people
		Area 10 964 square kilometers
		Language English (official)
			Dialect Oshikwanyama

EENHANA IN A REGIONAL PERSPECTIVE

Eenhana is the regional capital of Ohangwena region, one of the four administrative regions in northern Namibia. The region forms a long, narrow stretch to the south of the Angolan border. The capital is located in the north-western part of the region. Ohangwena region the second smallest of the North-Central economic Region (NCR) with an area size of 10,694 square kilometers. It borders to the west to the Omusati Region, to the south on the Oshana and Oshikoto Region and to the east on the Kavango region. The Region is demarcated into eleven constituencies of which Eenhana is the third largest ...more

calves The word “EENHANA” means “CALVES” in the Oshikwanyama language, the indigenous language of the Ohangwena Region. Both the name and the origin of Eenhana date back to the early 19th Century. Back then, Eenhana was only a jungle. People used to come to Eenhana to hunt for wild animals such as Elephants, Kudus, Buffalos, etc. Soon afterwards, people moved to the area in search for grazing pastures for their animals. The first lives stocks to have been settled in the area were calves and that’s where the name Eenhana came from.

Eenhana, the Forest Town

Eenhana would be best identified for its natural environment of indigenous trees. Apart from the Calves, it’s the natural forest environment that features prominently in Eenhana

Omupapa tree: Almost 70% of the trees in Eenhana are from this species and as a result, it is the main feature in our logo.

Mahangu: Crop farming, mainly in Mahangu, is the only reliable source of food in the whole Region, thus Mahangu cobs are also prominent features on the Town’s logo.


	P.O. Box 13109 EENHANA NAMIBIA	108 Tobias Hainyeko Street EENHANA NAMIBIA	Tel.: +264 (0) 65-263092/5 Fax:+264 (0) 65- 263068 Mail: eenhanatc@iway.na