Oshikoto is one of the fourteen regions of Namibia , named after Lake Otjikoto . Its capital is Omuthiya . Further major settlements in the region are Tsumeb , Otjikoto's capital until 2008, and Oniipa . As of 2020, Oshikoto had 112,170 registered voters.
16-481: Oshikoto Region is named after Lake Otjikoto near its former capital Tsumeb . Oshikoto is one of only three Namibian regions without either a shoreline or a foreign border. It borders the following regions: The region's population has grown significantly over recent years, partly as a result of resettling / redistribution within the Oshiwambo-speaking area. Apart from Tsumeb and Oniipa, people have settled in
32-484: A corridor along the trunk road, sometimes forming quite dense concentrations. The northern part of the region practices crop agriculture, 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. Pearl millet (Mahangu)
48-955: A principal material at the University of Namibia . Otjiherero is also one of the six minority languages that are used by the Namibian State Radio (NBC). Gamsberg Macmillan, as of 2008 , has published the only dictionary in Otjiherero. The Hakaona variety is now considered a separate Bantu language, as sometimes is Zemba ( Otjizemba ). Maho (200) also removes Kuvale to Bantu Zone R.10, while differentiating North-West Herero (Kaokoland Herero, including Zemba and presumably Himba and Hakaona), R.311, and Botswana Herero (including Mahalapye Herero), R.312, as distinct from but closely related to Herero proper. Within Herero proper, he recognizes two dialects: Central Herero and Mbandero (East Herero). Northwest/Zemba
64-476: A special diving permit. According to legend, the Germans also dumped a sealed safe into the lake. The search for it and the 6 million gold marks it is said to contain has as yet not been successful. Botanist Kurt Dinter visited the lake in 1911 and collected several hitherto unknown species of plants, among them grass of the genus Rottboellia . Tilapia guinasana , a species of cichlid fish which naturally
80-521: A zone called Hereroland , which is constituted of the region of Omaheke along with the Otjozondjupa and Kunene Regions . The Himba people , who are related to the Herero and Mbanderu, speak a dialect very close to Otjiherero. Many Herero-speakers live in Windhoek , the capital of Namibia. The sounds /f s l/ are found in loanwords. Because of the translation of missionary Gottlieb Viehe (1839–1901) of
96-458: Is a sinkhole lake that was created by a collapsing karst cave. It is located 20 kilometres (12 mi) north-west of Tsumeb and only 100 meters from the main road B1 . The lake was declared a national monument in 1972. The diameter of the lake is 102 metres (335 ft); its depth is supposedly more than 91.44 meters, according to scans. According to a Namibian tourism information organisation, "the depth varies from sixty two meters at
112-686: Is consistently dominated by the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO). In the 2004 regional election for the National Assembly of Namibia , SWAPO won all constituencies, and mostly by a landslide. In Eengodi no opposition party even nominated a candidate. The 2015 local and regional elections saw SWAPO obtain 98.8% of the votes cast ( 2010 : 95.6%) and win nine of the eleven constituencies uncontested . The remaining two constituencies were also won by SWAPO with majorities well over 80%. Although SWAPO's support dropped to 73.2% of
128-571: Is found on either side of the Namibian–Angolan border. Central Herero covers a large area in central Namibia, with East Herero and a few islands to the east but still in Namibia. Botswana Herero consists of a few scattered islands in Botswana, with about 15% of the population of Herero proper. Ethnologue separates Zimba as a distinct language but retains Himba, East Herero, and Botswana Herero within
144-514: Is the principal crop in the north, while cattle are reared in the Mangetti and the Tsumeb district. Although the Tsumeb mine has only a limited life span, it provides a boost for the communal areas of the region together with the associated support industries and services. Communication networks and infrastructure are well developed in the area: a paved trunk road runs across the region, linking it to both
160-549: The Bible into Herero, at the end of the 19th century, the spoken language was transcribed to an alphabet based on the Latin script. Father Peter Heinrich Brincker (1836–1904) translated several theological works and songs. Long vowels are doubled. f and l are only used in loanwords. Otjiherero is taught in Namibian schools both as a native tongue and as a secondary language. It is included as
176-491: The name Gaisis ("ugly"). When the Herero moved into the area, they named it Otjikoto ( Otjiherero : "deep hole"). Namibia's Oshikoto Region , in which the lake is situated, is an alternative spelling of Otjikoto and derives its name from that of the lake. The first Europeans to discover the lake were Francis Galton and Carl Johan Andersson , who during their search for Lake Ngami came upon Otjikoto Lake in 1851. The lake
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#1732854721372192-506: The side to one hundred meters in the center - and in some places leading off from the side - depths of one hundred meters have been recorded", while an article in the Allgemeine Zeitung explains the depth problem: "the lake tapers into a lateral cave system making it impossible to determine its exact depth, estimated to be in access ( sic ) of 142 meters." The lake was known to the San under
208-503: The south and the north of the country. The national microwave network terminates at Tsumeb, but telecommunications are now carried across the region and as far as Oshakati by means of a newly laid optical fiber cable . According to the 2012 Namibia Labour Force Survey, unemployment in the Oshikoto Region is 26.4%. Oshikoto has 200 schools with a total of 60,439 pupils. Oshikoto comprises eleven constituencies : Electorally, Oshikoto
224-523: The total votes in the 2020 regional election it again won in all constituencies. Most of the non-SWAPO votes went to the upstart Independent Patriots for Change (IPC), an opposition party formed in August 2020. 18°30′S 17°00′E / 18.500°S 17.000°E / -18.500; 17.000 Lake Otjikoto Otjikoto Lake is the smaller of only two permanent natural lakes in Namibia . It
240-572: Was a dumping ground for German Schutztruppe during World War I ; in June 1915 German troops dumped war materials in the lake before surrendering to stop the South African and British troops from using them. Most of the larger pieces have been recovered and are displayed in the Tsumeb Museum , but at least two cannons, along with quantities of ammunition, are still in the lake and can be viewed with
256-572: Was only found in Otjikoto's sister lake, Lake Guinas , was introduced to Otjikoto Lake. The claim that Lake Guinas is connected to Lake Otjikoto by caves is frequently made but not proven as yet. Herero language Herero (Otjiherero) is a Bantu language spoken by the Herero and Mbanderu peoples in Namibia and Botswana , as well as by small communities of people in southwestern Angola . There were 250,000 speakers in these countries between 2015 and 2018. Its linguistic distribution covers
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