[4] Okahandja means the place where two rivers (Okakango and Okamita) flow into each other to form one wide one in Otjiherero.

A military post was established at the initiative of Theodor Leutwein in 1894, and it is this date that is officially recognized as the town's founding.

[7] A number of important historic Namibian people are buried in Okahandja, among them Maharero, Jan Jonker Afrikaner, Hosea Kutako and Clemens Kapuuo.

An open-air curio market attracts tourists, and the town serves as the administrative centre for the Herero people.

Okahandja Railway Station, situated on the Windhoek—Swakopmund line, was built in 1902 during Imperial Germany's colonial rule of German South West Africa.

[16] Okahandja offers the following sports codes; Soccer, Netball, Basketball, Tennis, Horse Raising, Dancing, Running, Gym, Spin & Drifting, Radio Helicopters... Okahandja United FC competes in the Namibia Premier Football League as of the 2023.

[18] In addition, local club Liverpool Okahandja were NFA-Cup winners in 1992 and Namibia Premier League champions in 2002.