Ondobe Yomunghudi

Ondobe Yomunghudi
Ondobe Yomunghudi
	Ondobe Yomunghudi
	Coordinates: 17°26′00″S15°35′03″E / 17.433364°S 15.584271°E Coordinates: 17°26′00″S15°35′03″E / 17.433364°S 15.584271°E
Country	Namibia
Time zone	SAST (UTC+1)

Last updated April 29, 2019

Ondobe Yomunghudi is a village situated in northern Namibia in the Ohangwena Region. The village is named after tree species called omunghudi that was in pan nearby during its discovery, an elderly revealed. Situated on the very edge of the Owambo region (sometimes called/previously the 4 O's region). The first thing that unique about this village is the abundance of people, unlike the rest of the country. People, livestock, shebeens (bars) and markets are everywhere, seemingly all existing harmoniously in unplanned order.

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 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, and it is a member state of the United Nations (UN), the Southern African Development Community (SADC), the African Union (AU), and the Commonwealth of Nations.

Ohangwena is one of the fourteen regions of Namibia, its capital is Eenhana. The northern and western parts of the region are the most densely populated of this essentially subsistence agricultural region in which small scale mahangu cultivation and the keeping of cattle form the predominant activities. Although the region depends on rain fed agriculture, other crops can be established under intensive cultivation.

It is 42.4 km, 43 minutes driving north of Oshakati, approximately 36.6 km, 39 minutes driving west of Oshikango and approximately 9 km from the Angolan-Namibia border (9 minutes driving). The village falls under Oukwanyama Traditional Authority in Ohaingu section and it is part of the Ongenga constituency with Leonard Shimutwikeni (SWAPO) as a Councillor from 1990s

Oshakati is a town of 37,000 inhabitants in the Oshana Region of Namibia. It is the regional capital and was officially founded in July 1966. The city was used as a base of operations by the South African Defence Force (SADF) during the South African Border War.

Oukwanyama is a traditional kingdom of the Ovambo people in what is today northern Namibia and southern Angola. Its capital is Ehole.

The village hosts about 4,500 inhabitants. There is one school: Wahengo Combined School (previously Okamukwa Primary School) which serves most of the lower primary and junior secondary students. Entrepreneurs established businesses such as Open Market, bottle Stores and other minor developments like pounding machines. essential services like clinic and church services ELCIN are found at Okambebe a nearby 8 km Settlement.

Several houses in Ondobe Yomunghudi are electrified with NORED electricity and Namwater rural water.

This area was also affected by the South African War 1966 to 1989 between South Africa and Plan and later UNITA (with the Angolan government)

The National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) is the second-largest political party in Angola. Founded in 1966, UNITA fought alongside the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) in the Angolan War for Independence (1961–1975) and then against the MPLA in the ensuing civil war (1975–2002). The war was one of the most prominent Cold War proxy wars, with UNITA receiving military aid from the United States and South Africa while the MPLA received support from the Soviet Union and its allies.

Angola, officially the Republic of Angola, is a west-coast country of south-central Africa. It is the seventh-largest country in Africa, bordered by Namibia to the south, the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north, Zambia to the east, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. Angola has an exclave province, the province of Cabinda that borders the Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The capital and largest city of Angola is Luanda.

The village Ondobe Yomunghudi is surrounded by the neighboring villages of Oshali, Ohadiwa, Eengwena, Okambebe and Oshindobe....

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