Oshikoto Region
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Oniipai
Onayena
Olukonda
Omuntele
Okatope
Okangolo
Omuthiygwiipundi
Engodi
Guinas
Oshikoto |
Oshikoto is one of
the thirteen regions of Namibia. The northern part of
the region is agricultural, whereas the main economic
activities in the southern part are cattle rearing and
mining. The two areas have important cultural and historical
links in that the Ndonga people have extracted copper
at Tsumeb since the earliest times in order to make
rings and tools.
Omahangu is the principal
crop in the north, while cattle are reared in the Mangetti
and the Tsumeb district. Although the Tsumeb mine has
only a limited life span, it can together with the associated
support industries and services, provide a boost for
the communal areas of the region.
Communication are good
in much of the area: a paved trunk road runs across
the region, linking it to both the south and the north
of the country. The national microwave network terminates
at Tsumeb, but telecommunications are now carried across
the region and as far as Oshakati by means of a newly
laid optical fiber cable.
The region's population
has grown significantly over recent years, partly as
a result of redistribution within the Oshiwambo speaking
area. Apart from Tsumeb and Oniipa, people have settled
in a corridor along the trunk road, sometimes forming
quite dense concentrations.
Oshikoto is one of
only three regions without either a shoreline or a foreign
border. It borders the following regions:
- Ohangwena - north
- Okavango - east
- Otjozondjupa - southeast
- Kunene - southwest
- Oshana - west
This region comprises ten constituencies: Oniipa, Onayena,
Olukonda, Omuntele, Okatope, Okangolo, Omuthiygwiipundi,
Engodi, Guinas, and Oshikoto.
Other Regions :
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