Ohangwena Region

This article is about the Region, the first-level administrative unit of Namibia. For the electoral constituency, see Ohangwena Constituency. For the suburb and former village of Ohangwena, see Helao Nafidi.

Ohangwena Region
Region
Location of the Ohangwena Region (red) in Namibia
CountryNamibia
CapitalEenhana
Government
 • GovernorKadiva Hamutumwa
Area
 • Total
10,706 km2 (4,134 sq mi)
Population
 (2023)
 • Total
337,729
 • Density31.546/km2 (81.703/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (CAT)
HDI (2017)0.598
medium · 11th
Websiteohangwenarc.gov.na

Ohangwena is one of the fourteen regions of Namibia; its capital is Eenhana. Major settlements in the region are the towns of Eenhana and Helao Nafidi, as well as the self-governed village of Okongo and the proclaimed settlements Ongha, Ongenga and Omungwelume. As of 2020, Ohangwena had 150,724 registered voters.

Ohangwena is traversed by the northwesterly line of equal latitude and longitude. In the north, Ohangwena borders Angola: the Cunene Province, except for a small border with Cubango Province in the far northeast. Domestically, it borders the following regions:

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