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Okatana, Namibia

Coordinates: 17°44′25″S 15°42′31″E / 17.74028°S 15.70861°E / -17.74028; 15.70861
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Okatana
Nickname: 
Kapana
Okatana is located in Namibia
Okatana
Okatana
Location in Namibia
Coordinates: 17°44′25″S 15°42′31″E / 17.74028°S 15.70861°E / -17.74028; 15.70861
Country Namibia
RegionOhangwena Region
Population
(2019)
 • Total4,550
Time zoneUTC+1 (South African Standard Time)
CurrencyNamibian dollar
LanguagesEnglish, Afrikaans, German, Ovambo, local languages
ReligionRoman Catholic

Okatana is a village in the Oshana Region in the north of Namibia in the Uukwambi tribal area. It is the centre of the Okatana Constituency.

Okatana is a former Catholic mission station. It is located on the Okatana River, just under six kilometres to the north of Oshakati.

The Okatana mission station was founded in 1932, near the border between Uukwambi and Oukwanyama, but just barely in Uukwambi.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Peltola, Matti (1958). Sata vuotta suomalaista lähetystyötä 1859–1959. II: Suomen Lähetysseuran Afrikan työn historia [‘One Hundred Years of Finnish Missionary Work 1859–1959. II: The History of FMS’s Missionary Work in Africa’]. Helsinki: The Finnish Missionary Society. p. 205.