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List Of Villages And Settlements In Namibia
Villages and settlements in Namibia are distinguished by the status the Government of Namibia has vested in them: Places in Namibia that are governed by a village council are ''villages'', they are the smallest entities of local government. All other places except cities and towns are not self-governed, they are called ''settlements''. Villages Namibia has 18 villages, each of them governed by a village council of up to five seats. Village councils are elected locally and have the authority to set up facilities like water, sewerage and cemeteries without the approval of the Minister of Urban and Rural Development. They may also declare streets and public places, collect fees for the services they provide, and buy immovable property without asking for explicit approval. The eighteen villages are: Settlements Settlements in Namibia are non self-governed populated places. While they may have a dedicated person responsible for their administration, this person is not elect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maltahöhe
Maltahöhe is a village in southern central Namibia close to the Swartrand escarpment, about 110 km west of Mariental in the Hardap Region. It owns about 17,000 hectares of land and had 3,464 inhabitants in 2023. Maltahöhe is the administrative centre of Daweb Constituency. Geography Maltahöhe has two suburbs, the ''Andreville'' location and the ''Blikkiesdorp'' (literally ) informal settlement which has neither sewerage nor electricity supply. History Maltahöhe was established in 1899 by Henning von Burgsdorff, previously an officer in the German ''Schutztruppe'', the military force of the Imperial German occupation. Burgsdorff named the place after his wife Malta. After the end of the German colonial era in South West Africa the settlement became a small hub for tourism, serving as gateway to popular destinations like the Sossusvlei, Solitaire, Sesriem, and Duwisib Castle. The ''Maltahöhe Hotel'' was founded in 1907 and is the oldest country hotel in Namibia. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bukalo
Bukalo is a village in Namibia. It is located in the Zambezi Region, 43 kilometres southeast of Katima Mulilo, the regional capital. Bukalo is also the royal headquarters of the Subia people. It serves as the administrative centre of the Katima Mulilo Rural Constituency. As of 2023, Bukalo has a population of approximately 1,935. Etymology The name ''Bukalo'' means ''settlement'' in Chikuhane, the language of the Subia people. It reflects the early days when the area served as a royal homestead before it was formalised as a village. History Bukalo has long been a settlement of the Subia people, a Bantu-speaking group native to southern Africa. The Subia are a tribe of the larger Lozi ethnic group, with significant populations in Botswana, Namibia, and Zambia. Under the leadership of King Lilundu Lituu (1640–1665), who succeeded his father King Ikuhane, the Subia migrated from the Chobe River southwards and settled in present-day Botswana. In 1876, Mwanamwale and a gro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Omusati Region
Omusati (the Oshindonga word for Mopane, the dominant tree in the area) is one of the fourteen regions of Namibia, its capital is Outapi. The towns of Okahao, Oshikuku and Ruacana as well as the self-governed village Tsandi are situated in this region. , Omusati had 148,834 registered voters. The region is home to the Ruacana Falls, among the largest waterfalls in Africa, and the Omugulugwombashe heritage site, where the Namibian struggle for independence started in 1966. Geography In the north, Omusati borders the Cunene Province of Angola. Domestically, it borders the following regions: * Ohangwena - northeast * Oshana - east * Kunene - south and west The region got its name from the Mopane tree (''omusati'': ) which is the dominant species in the region. The Makalani palms decrease rapidly westwards from the border with Oshana region. The change in vegetation type reflects ecological conditions forming a natural boundary between the two regions. The region is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tsandi
Tsandi ( Oshiwambo: ''that which is at the center'') is a village in the Omusati Region of northern Namibia and the district capital of the Tsandi electoral constituency. It is a former mission station of the Finnish Missionary Society. Tsandi had a population of 2,595 people in 2023. Geography Tsandi is situated on the main road MR123 (Outapi - Tsandi - Okahao). It is the residential place of the Uukwaluudhi royal homestead. It is also the trade center for the whole constituency and one of the oldest villages in the Uukwaluudhi kingdom. ''Tsandi Lodge'' is away from the town in the direction of Outapi. Politics Tsandi is governed by a village council that has five seats. Omusati Region, to which Tsandi belongs, is a stronghold of Namibia's ruling SWAPO party. For the 2015 local authority election no opposition party nominated a candidate, and SWAPO won all five seats uncontested. SWAPO also won the 2020 local authority election. It obtained 261 votes and gained four ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otjinene
Otjinene is a village in the Omaheke Region of Namibia. It is the district capital of the Otjinene Constituency and had a population of 6,876 people in 2023. Geography Otjinene is connected via a tarred road to the regional capital Gobabis, and via a road which was tarred in 2017, to Grootfontein. Otjinene is surrounded by a communal area, where there are many villages. There are more or less 20 households in each village. The majority of people around Otjinene are communal farmers, farming with cattle, goats and sheep. There is one health clinic which is operated by the Ministry of Health and Social Services, and a number of retail stores. to the Northeast is the Ozombuzovindimba heritage site. This is the place where in 1904 Lothar von Trotha issued the extermination order against the OvaHerero and Nama people, starting the Herero and Namaqua Genocide which would kill about 80% of all OvaHerero. OvaHerero and OvaMbanderu people gather annually here to commemorate live ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Witvlei
Witvlei (the Afrikaans word for white marsh) is a village in the Okarukambe Constituency in the Omaheke Region of central-eastern Namibia. It is known for its meat production and had a population of 2,633 people in 2023. Geography Witvlei is situated on the B6 road (Namibia), B6 east of Windhoek on the way to Gobabis. Witvlei receives an average of of precipitation, rainfall per year. In the 2010s drought, the lowest figure recorded was in the 2018/2019 rainy season. History The original name of the village in Khoekhoegowab (Damara/Nama) is ǃUri ǃKhubus (''white fountain''). The settlement was the site of the ''Battle of Witvlei'' in the First Herero-Nama War in March 1864. Maharero, with the help of the hunter Frederick Thomas Green, Frederick Green (known among the Herero people, Ovaherero as Kerina), led a contingent of 1,400 Ovaherero from Otjimbingwe against the Oorlam people, Orlam Afrikaners under Jan Jonker Afrikaner. Afrikaner's forces were defeated and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Omaheke Region
Omaheke (the Otjiherero word for sandveld) is one of the fourteen regions of Namibia, the least populous region. Its capital is Gobabis. It lies in eastern Namibia on the border with Botswana and is the western extension of the Kalahari Desert. The self-governed villages of Otjinene, Leonardville and Witvlei are situated in the region. , Omaheke had 48,594 registered voters. Geography In the east, Omaheke borders are three districts of Botswana: * North-West - northern * Ghanzi - eastern * Kgalagadi - southern Domestically, it borders the following regions: * Hardap - south * Khomas - west * Otjozondjupa - north Omaheke is traversed by the northwesterly line of equal latitude and longitude. A large part of this region is known as the ''Sandveld''. The northeastern part of the region is still very much wilderness. According to the 2012 Namibia Labour Force Survey, unemployment in the Omaheke Region is 34.1%. Anthropologically, almost the entire Ovambanderu and Gobabis-Ju ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leonardville, Namibia
Leonardville is a village in eastern Namibia, situated on the Nossob River in the south-western corner of the Omaheke Region. It belongs to the Aminuis electoral constituency. It had a population of 2,099 people in 2023. Leonardville was the main settlement of the Khaiǁkhaun (Khauas Nama) subtribe of the Oorlam people until their military defeat against Imperial Germany's ''Schutztruppe'' soldiers in 1894 and 1896. History The area around Leonardville was inhabited by the Taa-speaking subtribe of the San people until the Khaiǁkhaun (Red Nation), who called the place ''Naosanabis'', occupied their land. Around 1840, the group around Amraal Lambert, first Kaptein of the Kaiǀkhauan Orlam, moved into the area. They had been granted residence and pasture in the land of the Red Nation at an annual fee. In 1843, the Wesleyan Missionary Society established a missionary station here; its first missionaries were Joseph Tindall and his son Henry. They named the settlement ''Wes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ohangwena Region
Ohangwena is one of the fourteen regions of Namibia, its capital is Eenhana. Major settlements in the region are the towns Eenhana and Helao Nafidi as well as the self-governed village of Okongo and the proclaimed settlements Ongha, Ongenga and Omungwelume. , 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), Cunene Province, except for a small border with Cuando Cubango Province in the far northeast. Domestically, it borders the following regions: *Kavango West - East *Oshikoto Region, Oshikoto - South *Oshana - Points of the compass, South West *Omusati - West Economy and infrastructure The northern and western parts of the region are the most densely populated of this essentially subsistence agricultural region in which small scale mahangu cultivation and the keeping of cattle form the predominant activities. Although the region depends on rai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Okongo
Okongo is a village in the Ohangwena Region of northern Namibia. It had a population of 3,564 people in 2023. It is the district capital of Okongo Constituency. History Okongo was first settled by the San people in the 1900s, who, as a hunter-gatherer community, found the local abundance of wildlife and fruit attractive in the village. The name ''Okongo'' derives from the Oshiwambo word meaning: ''a place or a forest for hunting''. The San were eventually displaced in Okongo by the immigration of Bantu people. Today the commonly spoken language in the area is Oshiwambo and Christianity is the predominant religion. Geography Okongo is situated about east of Eenhana on the tarred road to Nkurenkuru. Economy and infrastructure Okongo has basic amenities: electricity, water and sanitation, a post office, basic supermarkets, and clothing outlets, as well as banking facilities. Okongo District Hospital, a 62-bed public hospital that serves the surrounding settlements, is situa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kunene Region
Kunene is one of the fourteen regions of Namibia. Its capital is Opuwo, its governor is Vipuakuje Muharukua. The region's name comes from the Kunene River which forms the northern border with Angola. Geography Besides the capital Opuwo, the region contains the municipality of Outjo, the town Khorixas, the self-governed village Kamanjab, and hundreds of small settlements like Otjomotjira. Kunene is home to the Himba people, a subtribe of the Herero people, Herero, as well as to Damara people and Nama people. , Kunene had 58,548 registered voters. Kunene's western edge is the shores of the Atlantic Ocean. In the north, it borders Angola's Namibe (province), Namibe Province, and in the far eastern part of its northern edge it borders Cunene (province), Cunene Province. Domestically, it borders the following regions: *Omusati - northeast, west of Oshana *Oshana - northeast, between Omusati and Oshikoto *Oshikoto Region, Oshikoto - northeast, east of Oshikoto *Otjozondjupa - east *E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
