Kavango Region

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Kavango

Kavango ( Okavango to 1998 ) was one of the 13 regions of Namibia, before it was divided on 8 August 2013, the two regions of Kavango and Kavango East -West.

The region was named after the first favorite ethnic group of the Kavango. Capital Region has Rundu, the second largest city of Namibia to Windhoek, more cities are Nkurenkuru and Divundu.

Geography

Kavango is part of the northern foothills of the Kalahari Basin, a high plateau located at about 1000 meters above sea level. Just as the entire northern Namibia Kavango has a higher rainfall, making the region is much greener than central and southern Namibia. The region is primarily due to the Okavango River and its vast flood plains where there are few forests and agricultural activity. The river is the lifeline for the region. It forms the entire northern boundary and a length of about 400 kilometers a natural border between Namibia and the Republic of Angola.

In the West, the region adjacent to the former Ovamboland (now Regions Oshikoto and Ohangwena ), in the south to the region Otjozondjupa, on the southeast by Botswana and the north- east on the Caprivi region. The South Kavangos is mostly steppe or savanna and sparsely populated. Within Kavangos are the Khaudom and Mangetti National Park, as well as the western foothills of the Bwabwata National Park (formerly Mahango Game Park ).

The constituency Mukwe is located geographically in the Caprivi Strip.

Politics and Administration

List of Governors of Kavango:

• Sebastiaan Karupu
• John U Thighuru

The region is divided into nine constituencies:

• Kahenge with 30,180 inhabitants
• Kapako with 25,653 inhabitants
• Mashare with 15,829 inhabitants
• Mpungu with 18 332 inhabitants
• Mukwe with 25,999 inhabitants
• Ndiyona with 19,150 inhabitants
• Rundu (country ) ( east and west ) with 42 764 inhabitants and
• Rundu ( City) with 19,597 residents.

Economy

The population lives mainly from retail, fishing and agriculture. Small, local village and street markets provide throughout the region for a flourishing trade, especially with fish and other foods. As in Kavango more rain than in most regions of Namibia falls, there is more potential than previously used for farming, forestry and wood processing. Likewise, there are untapped potential for copper mining in Simanya and oil production in Katwitwi.

Since the expansion of long-distance traffic on the Trans Caprivi Highway, the town of Rundu assumes the role of a regional trade center and a developing tourism gives the traditional crafts of wood carvers an additional source of income.