Andara
Andara is a settlement in the constituency of Mukwe in the Kavango-East region in northeastern Namibia . With the surrounding settlements of Diyogha and Dyapanga, Andara has around 5000 inhabitants. Andara is located on the west bank of the Okavango , above the Popa Falls and not far from the towns of Bagani and Mukwe at 1018 m .
Andara is close to the B8 national road . A hospital of the Roman Catholic Church in Namibia with 120 beds has been located in Andara since 1960 .
history
The Okavango Islands Tanhwe and Thipanana near Andara have been the residence of the Mbukushu kings since the early 19th century . As a result of a protection treaty with the kings, Andara was first considered as the site of a mission in 1909; However, it was not until 1913 that the Catholic Andara Mission was founded, which became the second oldest mission station in the Kavango after the Nyangana Mission founded in 1909 .
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- ↑ Vicariate of Rundu Roman Catholic Church, Andara Catholic Hospital, accessed April 16, 2011
- ↑ Matti Peltola: Sata vuotta suomalaista lähetystyötä 1859-1959. II: Suomen Lähetysseuran Afrikan työn historia The Finnish Missionary Society, Helsinki 1958, pp. 216-218
Coordinates: 18 ° 4 ′ S , 21 ° 27 ′ E