Epukiro
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Epukiro is a settlement and administrative seat of the constituency of the same name in the Omaheke region in the east of Namibia . It is located about 93 kilometers north of the regional capital Gobabis on the edge of the Kalahari .
In 1997 the population of the scattered settlement was estimated at 3200 people, mainly Tswana .
Epukiro has schools and a sports field.
history
Epukiro was founded in 1902 as a Catholic mission that acquired the 30,000 acre farm of the same name. The rivier of the same name gave the farm its name . In 1904 the Oblates of the Immaculate Virgin Mary opened the mission station . It was destroyed just a year later as part of the Herero and Nama genocide . In 1905 a post office was opened in Epukiro.
Until the 1970s, which consisted Herero - Reserve Epukiro that of the South African was founded administration.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Marc Witte: Ecological conditions of smallholder agriculture in semi-arid areas of Namibia and the case study Omaheke ( German ) University of Osnabrück via www.marcwitte.de. 1997. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved July 30, 2019.
- ↑ Brigitte Weidlich: 170 Epukiro children not at school . In: The Namibian , September 10, 2007.
- ^ Oblates of Mary Immaculate. 100 years in Namibia. 1896-2005 . Roman Catholic Church Namibia. Archived from the original on October 30, 2007. Retrieved May 11, 2012.
- ^ Klaus Dierks : Chronology of Namibian History, 1905 . klausdierks.com. Retrieved July 30, 2019.
- ^ Klaus Dierks: Chronology of Namibian History, 1919 . klausdierks.com. Retrieved July 30, 2019.
Coordinates: 21 ° 42 ′ S , 19 ° 6 ′ E