Eheke is a settlement in northern

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situated at the edge of the

Oshana Region Oshana is one of the fourteen regions of Namibia; its capital is Oshakati. The towns of Oshakati, Ongwediva and Ondangwa, all situated with this region, form an urban cluster with the second largest population concentration in Namibia after the c ...

near

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. Eheke has 1,150 inhabitants and is situated west of

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near

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. Eheke was the administrative centre for

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, and after a split of this constituency in 2013 it is the centre of the

Ondangwa Rural Ondangwa Rural is an electoral constituency in the Oshana Region of Namibia. It had 13,613 inhabitants in 2016 and 7,682 registered voters . The administrative centre of the constituency is the settlement Eheke. Ondangwa Rural was created by ...

constituency. It has various privately owned businesses, such as a supermarket, china shop, and many informal vendors selling traditional foods. Eheke is also the circuit cluster center for the school system in the area. Within Eheke, there is an intermediate-level hospital (Eheke Clinic), which is linked to

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Hospital. Martin Pinehas (Brigadier General Commander of Namibia Air Force) is from Eheke, and many other soldiers.

History

In 1927 a water pond was established by cattle herders in the area. The name of the settlement, ''Eheke'', is derived from this. The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Owambo Kavango, today ELCIN, established a church in 1954. The settlement was proclaimed in 2003.

References

Populated places in the Oshana Populated places established in 2003 2003 establishments in Namibia {{Namibia-geo-stub