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Oikango
Oikango is a settlement in the Oshana Region of northern Namibia, situated from Ongwediva, and next to the settlement of Omashekediva. It belongs to the Ongwediva electoral constituency. The headman of this village is Gabriel Shaduka Shilongo. The population is approximately 2087 people.. People in this village speak the Oshikwanyama and Oshindonga dialects of the Oshiwambo language. Many homesteads practice subsistence farming which serves as the main sources of food and income. The main soccer team is Bitter-star. Oikango Combined School Oikango is a settlement in the Oshana Region of northern Namibia, situated from Ongwediva, and next to the settlement of Omashekediva. It belongs to the Ongwediva electoral constituency. The headman of this village is Gabriel Shaduka Shilongo. T ... is situated in the settlement. References {{coord missing, Namibia Populated places in the Oshana Region ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
Omashekediva
Omashekediva is a settlement near Oikango village in the Oshana Region of northern Namibia Namibia (, ), officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa. Its western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Zambia and Angola to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and e .... It belongs to the Ongwediva electoral constituency and has an estimated population of about 2000 people. There are two schools in Omashekediva, Omashekediva Primary School, established in 1976, and Omashekediva Combined School, constructed in 1988. References Populated places in the Oshana Region {{Namibia-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oshana Region
Oshana is one of the fourteen regions of Namibia, its capital is Oshakati. The towns of Oshakati, Ongwediva and Ondangwa, all situated with this region, form an urban cluster with the second largest population concentration in Namibia after the capital Windhoek. , Oshana had 113,112 registered voters. Geography Oshana is one of only three regions without either a coastline or a foreign border. It borders the following regions: * Ohangwena - north *Oshikoto - east * Kunene - south * Omusati - west The name ''Oshana'' describes the most prominent landscape feature in the area, namely the shallow, seasonally inundated depressions which underpin the local agro ecological system. Although communications are hindered during the rainy season, the fish which breed in the oshanas provide an important source of dietary protein. Economy and infrastructure The Oshakati- Ongwediva-Ondangwa complex has experienced dramatic urban growth in recent years and forms an important commercial an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Namibia
Namibia (, ), officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa. Its western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Zambia and Angola to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and east. Although it does not border Zimbabwe, less than 200 metres (660 feet) of the Botswanan right bank of the Zambezi River separates the two countries. Namibia gained independence from South Africa on 21 March 1990, following the Namibian War of Independence. Its capital and largest city is Windhoek. Namibia is a member state of the United Nations (UN), the Southern African Development Community (SADC), the African Union (AU) and the Commonwealth of Nations. The driest country in sub-Saharan Africa, Namibia has been inhabited since pre-historic times by the San, Damara and Nama people. Around the 14th century, immigrating Bantu peoples arrived as part of the Bantu expansion. Since then, the Bantu groups, the largest being the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ongwediva
Ongwediva is a town in the Oshana Region in the north of Namibia. It is the district capital of the Ongwediva Constituency, Ongwediva electoral constituency. it had 27,000 inhabitants and covered 4,102 hectares of land. Ongwediva has seven churches, two private schools and 13 government-run schools. Most of the inhabitants speak Oshiwambo language, Oshiwambo. History Ongwediwa started out as a Finland, Finnish mission station in 1926. A school for male students was built there at the time, focusing on practical skills. It is talked about as an agricultural and industrial school, although the agricultural emphasis soon faded away. The school started in February 1927, and it was a secondary school, which one could attend after completing primary school. Towards the end of the 1920s, the school started to receive subsidies from the South African government, although this was only a modest £100 per year. The male teacher training seminary was transferred from Oniipa to Ongwediva ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Namibian
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ongwediva Constituency
Ongwediva Constituency is an electoral constituency in the Oshana Region of Namibia. It had 27,396 inhabitants and 22,061 registered voters . Its district capital is the town of Ongwediva. Politics In the 2010 regional elections, SWAPO's Vinia Abisai won the constituency with 7,565 votes. He defeated challengers Nelson Katenda of the Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP, 686 votes) and Lukas Naingungo of the Congress of Democrats (CoD, 70 votes). The 2015 regional elections were won by Andreas Uutoni (SWAPO) with 6,249 votes, far ahead of Peter Mandeinge (RDP) with 418 votes. Councillor Uutoni (SWAPO) was reelected in the 2020 regional election, albeit by a much smaller margin. He beat Michael Mwashindange of the Independent Patriots for Change The Independent Patriots for Change (IPC) is a political party in Namibia. It was founded by Panduleni Itula in August 2020. As an independent presidential candidate in the November 2019 election, Itula won the best result of a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oshikwanyama
Kwanyama or Cuanhama is a national language of Angola and Namibia. It is a standardized dialect of the Ovambo language, and is mutually intelligible with Oshindonga, the other Ovambo dialect with a standard written form. The entire Christian Bible has been translated into Kwanyama and was first published in 1974 under the name ''Ombibeli'' by the South African Bible Society. Jehovah’s Witnesses released the modern translation of the new testament The New Testament grc, Ἡ Καινὴ Διαθήκη, transl. ; la, Novum Testamentum. (NT) is the second division of the Christian biblical canon. It discusses the teachings and person of Jesus, as well as events in first-century Christ ..., the ''New World Translation of the Christian Greek Scriptures'' in Kwanyama in 2019, both printed anelectronic online version Phonology /t/ and /d/ are dentalized when followed by a front vowel /i/. An /s/ sound can only occur in loanwords. References Bibliography * * * Further ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oshindonga
Ndonga, also called Oshindonga, is a Bantu dialect spoken in Namibia and parts of Angola. It is a standardized dialect of the Ovambo language, and is mutually intelligible with Kwanyama, the other Ovambo dialect with a standard written form. With 810,000 speakers, the language has the largest number of speakers in Namibia. Martti Rautanen translated the Bible into the Ndonga dialect. Beginning his work in 1885, he published the New Testament in 1903, but it took until 1920 to finish the Old Testament. His Bible translation became the basis of a standardized form of Ndonga. Phonology Vowels Oshindonga uses a five-vowel system: Consonants Oshindonga contains the following consonant phonemes: Prenasalized sounds are listed below: * ̥p * b * �v * ̥θ* ð * ̥ʃ * ̥t * d * z * ̥ts * �k * �ɡ Oshindonga also contains many other consonant compounds, listed below: * ̥pʰ* ̥tʰ* ̥kʰ* ̥pʰw* ̥tʰw* ̥kʰw* ̥dz* ̥tsʰ*dʒ The voiced palato-a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oshiwambo
The Ovambo () language is a dialect cluster spoken by the Ovambo people in southern Angola and northern Namibia, of which the written standards are Kwanyama and Ndonga. The native name for the language is ''Oshiwambo'' (also written ''Oshivambo''), which is also used specifically for the Kwanyama and Ndonga dialects. It is the largest spoken local language in Namibia, particularly by the Ovambo people. The language is closely related to that of the Herero and Himba, the Herero language (''Otjiherero''). An obvious sign of proximity is the prefix used for language and dialect names, Proto-Bantu ''*ki-'' (class 7, as in the name of the Swahili language, ''Kiswahili''), which in Herero has evolved to ''Otji-'' and in Ovambo further to ''Oshi-''. History After Namibia's independence in 1990, the area previously known as Ovamboland was divided into the Ohangwena, Omusati, Oshana and Oshikoto Regions. The population, estimated at between 700,000 and 750,000, fluctuates remark ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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