Okatana is a village in 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 ...

in the north of

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in the Uukwambi tribal area. It is the centre of the

Okatana Constituency Okatana Constituency is an electoral constituency in the Oshana Region of Namibia. It had 9,111 registered voters . Its district capital is the settlement of Okatana. Okatana Constituency covers an area of . It had a population of 14,801 in 20 ...

. Okatana is a former

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. It is located on the Okatana River, just under six

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s to the north of

Oshakati Oshakati is a town in northern Namibia. It is the regional capital of the Oshana Region and one of Namibia's largest cities both by population and as an economic center. It had a population of 58,656 people in 2023. Oshakati was founded i ...

. The Okatana mission station was founded in 1932, near the border between Uukwambi and Oukwanyama, but just barely in Uukwambi.

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