Tsumkwe ( Juǀʼhoan: Tjumǃkui) is a settlement in the

Otjozondjupa Region Otjozondjupa is one of the fourteen regions of Namibia. Its capital is Otjiwarongo. The region further contains the municipalities of Okahandja and Grootfontein and the towns Okakarara and Otavi. , Otjozondjupa had 97,945 registered voters. Geogr ...

of northeastern

Namibia Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country on the west coast of Southern Africa. Its borders include the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south; in the no ...

and the district capital of the Tsumkwe electoral constituency. It had about 500 inhabitants in 2012.

People

Tsumkwe is known as the capital of the

San people The San peoples (also Saan), or Bushmen, are the members of any of the indigenous hunter-gatherer cultures of southern Africa, and the oldest surviving cultures of the region. They are thought to have diverged from other humans 100,000 to 200 ...

in Namibia.

Nature and wildlife

The area associated with Tsumkwe exhibits notable vegetation and wildlife. Particularly within the Khaudum National Park (), lions, cheetahs, hyenas and other large mammals can be found. The

African wild dog The African wild dog (''Lycaon pictus''), also called painted dog and Cape hunting dog, is a wild canine native to sub-Saharan Africa. It is the largest wild canine in Africa, and the only extant member of the genus '' Lycaon'', which is disti ...

has notable packs within the area.C. Michael Hogan (2009): ''Painted Hunting Dog: Lycaon pictus'', GlobalTwitcher.com, ed. N. Stromberg

References

Populated places in the Otjozondjupa Region {{Namibia-geo-stub