Okahandja

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Okahandja is an Otjiherero word meaning "the place where two rivers flow into each other to form one wide on".

In 1800 Herero Chiefs Tjamuaha and Kanitjene come to the area to establish a community, which would later act as the administrative center for the Herero people.

In 1827 the first white person, a German pastor, came to Okahandja for missionary work, but it wasn't until 20 years later when Rhenish missionaries followed with the same prospects had settlement actually began.


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They remained in the area for less than a year after several successful attacks by the Nama, under the leadership of Jonker Afrikaner, drove them away.

In 1850, the Nama attacked the Herero killing approximately 700 men, women and children.
The place where the battle took place is appropriately named Blood Hill.
Four years later Jonker Afrikaner moved to Okahandja where he spent the rest of his days.


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Chief Tjamuaha, the father of Maherero, advised his son to stand up against the Nama and overpower them.
With the death of his father, Maherero became chief.
After fighting the Nama for seven years, Chief Maherero defeated the Nama people, and as a result the Nama turned to the German for protection.
In 1904 the Herero rebelled against the German occupation and took up arms yet again against this new enemy.
By the end of this battle, nearly 75% of the Herero people had been killed.


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Today, Okahandja still holds great importance to the Herero people, as it was once the place that sat their honorable Chief Samuel Maherero.
Blood Hill can be seen near the main Windhoek-Swakopmund road junction.

Okahandja is also the home to several deceased Herero Chiefs who are laid to rest near Jonker Afrikaner.

Approximately 70 km north of Windhoek, this small town nests against the central highland hills and on the shores of the seasonal Swakop River.
The Okahandja location is about 4 km to the south west of town.

Okahandja Town is easy to navigate as most of the restaurants, cafés, petrol filling stations, sights and wood markets are on the main Voortrekker Street.

If it is souvenirs and memorabilia you are looking for, the open-air wood markets in Okahandja should quickly be incorporated into your itinerary.
These wood markets are some of the best in Namibia and can be found at the town's southern entrance on Martin Neib Street across from the Shell filling station and north on Voortrekker Street.


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