Some facts about Oshikoto
Oshikoto is one of the fourteen regions of Namibia, named after Lake Otjikoto near its former capital Tsumeb. The capital of Oshikoto is Omuthiya. The northern part of the region is agricultural, whereas the main economic activities in the southern part are cattle rearing and mining. The two areas have important cultural and historical links in that the Ndonga people have extracted copper at Tsumeb since the earliest times in order to make rings and tools.
Oshikoto is one of only three regions without either a shoreline or a foreign border. It borders the following regions:
- Ohangwena - north
- Kavango - east
- Otjozondjupa - southeast
- Kunene - southwest
- Oshana - west
This region comprises eleven constituencies:
- Eengodi
- Guinas
- Okankolo
- Olukonda
- Omuntele
- Omuthiyagwiipundi
- Onayena
- Oniipa
- Onyaanya
- Tsumeb
- Nehale lyaMpingana
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Info about Oshikoto
- Belongs to: Namibia
- Population: 181,600
- Latitude: -18.5
- Longitude: 17.08333