Helao Nafidi
Helao Nafidi | |
|---|---|
| Coordinates: 17°27′30″S 15°53′40″E / 17.45833°S 15.89444°E | |
| Country | Namibia |
| Region | Ohangwena Region |
| proclaimed | 2004 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Local Authority Council |
| • Mayor | Darius Shaalukeni |
| • CEO | Inge Ipinge |
| Area | |
• Total | 26.7 sq mi (69.1 km2) |
| Population (2023) | |
• Total | 29,119 |
| • Density | 1,100/sq mi (420/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Climate | Cwa |
| Website | www.helao-nafidi.com |
Helao Nafidi is a town in Ohangwena Region in northern Namibia at the border to Angola. It had a population of 29,119 people in 2023.
Helao Nafidi has been established in 2004 as an amalgamation of several villages and settlements along the main road between Oshikango and Ohangwena which are both also part of the town. All the independently governed villages that have been combined to form the town (Onhuno, Ohangwena, Omafo, Engela and Oshikango) still maintained their own village councils until the 2015 local authority election.
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.