Oshikoto
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Basic data | ||||
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Regional capital | Omuthiya | |||
Biggest town | Tsumeb | |||
motto | - - |
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ISO 3166-2 | NA-OT | |||
website | www.oshikotorc.gov.na | |||
Map of the region | ||||
Inhabitants and geography | ||||
population | 195,165 (2016) | |||
Population density | 7.34 per km² | |||
languages | Otjiherero , OshiWambo | |||
Geographic coordinates | 18 ° 36 ′ S , 17 ° 4 ′ E | |||
surface | 26,607 km² | |||
The highest point | ||||
Politics and administration | ||||
Ruling party | SWAPO | |||
Governor / in | Penda Ya Ndakolo | |||
Distribution of seats in the regional council | SWAPO 11 | |||
Constituencies | 11 | |||
Last choice | 2015 | |||
Next choice | 2020 |
Oshikoto is one of the 14 regions of Namibia . The area is 26,607 km² on which 195,165 (2016) people live. Oshikoto is part of the populous north of the republic; the capital of the region has been Omuthiya since August 18, 2008 , which received city status on the same day . Until then, the mining town of Tsumeb was the capital of the region.
geography
In most of the area, the traffic routes are good: the national road B1 runs through the region and connects the north with the south. The country's radio-based communications network is limited to Tsumeb, but telecommunications are possible throughout the region as far as Oshakati thanks to a recently installed fiber optic cable .
population
According to the 2011 census , 86.2 percent of the Oshivambo area's residents speak as their primary language. It is followed by Khoekhoegowab with 5.7 percent and Afrikaans with 2.3 percent. 0.2 percent of the population use German as their main language.
administration
Oshikoto is divided into 11 constituencies :
In addition, there are (as of December 2015) three local administrations in the region:
economy
The main industry in the northern part of the region is arable farming , while in the southern part livestock and mining predominate. The historical and cultural link between the two regions is the Ndonga people, who have mined copper ore in Tsumeb since the earliest times and made rings and tools from it.
Omahangu is the main grain cultivated in the north, while cattle are raised in the Mangetti and Tsumeb areas. Although the Tsumeb mine is only exploitable for a limited period of time, together with the associated supporting industries and the service sector, it ensures a boom in the communities in the region.
literature
- John Paul : Economy and Settlement in southern Amboland . In: Scientific publications of the Museum für Länderkunde zu Leipzig , NF 2, 1933. With references.
- Joachim Fernau, Kurt Kayser and Johannes Paul (editors): Africa is waiting. A picture book on colonial politics. Rütten & Loening Verlag, Potsdam 1942 (With photographs by Johannes Paul from the geographical research trip 1928–1929 to Ovamboland).
Web links
- Oshikoto Regional Council ( Memento from February 21, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
- Oshikoto Statistics Profile 2011; Namibia Statistics Agency, February 2014 (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Namibia Inter-censal Demographic Survey 2016 Report. Namibia Statistics Agency, November 21, 2017.
- ↑ Omuthiya new capital of the Oshikoto region
- ↑ 2011 Population and Housing Census Regional Profile, Oshikoto Region. Namibia Statistics Agency, p. 40. Retrieved June 11, 2020.
- ↑ Official election result of the regional and local elections 2015, ECN, December 4, 2015 ( Memento of the original of December 10, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 150 kB)