Helao Nafidi

Helao Nafidi
Helao Nafidi is located in Namibia
Helao Nafidi
Helao Nafidi
Location in Namibia
Coordinates: 17°27′30″S 15°53′40″E / 17.45833°S 15.89444°E / -17.45833; 15.89444
Country Namibia
RegionOhangwena Region
proclaimed2004
Government
 • TypeLocal Authority Council
 • MayorDarius Shaalukeni
 • CEOInge Ipinge
Area
 • Total26.7 sq mi (69.1 km2)
Population
 (2023)[1][2]
 • Total28,508
 • Density1,100/sq mi (410/km2)
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
ClimateCwa
Websitewww.helao-nafidi.com

Helao Nafidi is a town in Ohangwena Region in northern Namibia at the border to Angola. It has been established in 2004 as an amalgamation of several villages and settlements along the main road between Oshikango and Ohangwena[3] which are both also part of the town. Helao Nafidi has 19,375 inhabitants.[1] The town is separated into three urban areas, Oshikango in the north, bisected by the Namibian–Angolan border, and Omafo and Ohangwena south of it, with settlements and villages in the agricultural area between them.[4]

All the villages that have been combined to form the town (Onhuno, Ohangwena, Omafo, Engela and Oshikango)[5] still maintained their own village councils until the 2015 local authority election.[6]

  1. ^ a b "Table 4.2.2 Urban population by Census years (2001 and 2011)" (PDF). Namibia 2011 - Population and Housing Census Main Report. Namibia Statistics Agency. p. 39. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
  2. ^ "2023 Population & Housing Census Preliminary Report" (PDF). Statistics Namibia.
  3. ^ Iileka, Merja (23 September 2006). "Helao Nafidi, Nantong City sign agreement". The Namibian.
  4. ^ Niikondo, Andrew (August 2010). "Potential of friction in border town developments: A case study of Oshikango in the Helao Nafidi Town Council, Northern Namibia" (PDF). Journal of US-China Public Administration. 7 (8). ISSN 1548-6591.[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ Nandjato, Ileni (4 February 2016). "Town planners failed Helao Nafidi". Informanté.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference 2015 election was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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