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OMATANDO VILLAGE ARTICLE BY EKANDJO ANDREAS (PAX)( a student at Polytechnic of Namibia)

about my village

Omatando is a small village in Oshana Region in the northern part of Namibia. It is the district capital of other villages in Ongwediva Constituency and scheduled to be upgraded to "town" status before November 2010. Omatando features a primary school, Joseph Mbangula primary School, and a church. Its neighbouring villages are Omusheshe, Ondjondjo, Onawa and Omayanga.

Location of my village

It situated for about 1KM northwards of Ongwediva, Oshana region, Namibia .

economy

This village can adapt very few number of livestock like cattle, goats, sheep and donkeys. This is due to its limited grazing and browsing capacity. The reason for limited capacity is the increasing population as well as the need of houses and land reclamations. Residents of this village rely on cultivated crops for their survivals, mainly mahangu, beans, maize, sorghum, watermelon and nuts.

environment

Omatando is situated within a forested area with Mopane as the dominating tree. Mopane trees are being used for house building and fencing. These trees are also used for crafts for their storing of mahangu normarly, such as baskets. There are also other trees like Camelthorn, Makalani palms, Acacias, and many more. This village is naturally fertile, unlike now it goes lossing fertility as years goes.That does not eliminate people`s from growing their crops. Confidential people grows their fruits plants likes Quava, Mango, Lemon and Pawpaws.

hitory of the village

The village accommodate people who fought and contributed to the liberation struggle of independece of the republic of Namibia. Peter "The jungle fighter" Ekandjo is one of them.

weather

Normally this village use to be very hot during the months of end-August to December and become cold in the months of April to July.

This village is not vulnerable to annual floods like neighbouring villages does due to heavy rains. These floods caused damages especially from 2008 to 2012. Crops and grasses were washed away by flood, this brings poverty in the environment to people and livestocks.