Akazumba

OMUTUNDUNGU VILLAGE

History

OMUTUNDUNGU is a beautiful village in Omusati in Namibia; according to CLIP (2005) Omutundungu is located between Oshivingo village and T-junction to Eenhana in Onunho. It is 365 miles (592 Km) north of Windhoek and 46 miles (74 Km) north of Ondangwa , it was established in 1973 and named after a big tree near the T-junction. The common language is oshikwanyama and mbadja, the head man of the village is Mrs Fillemon shifengila. The first inhabitants of this place came from different village while others come from Angola, both in search of employment and business opportunities.^[1]

Land Tenure and Ownership

The land belongs to the town council, people occupied the area without any agreement with the local authority, and however, in the beginning some of them got consent from the headman. The number of household is 400 and the estimated population is 700. Education and health^[2] There is no school, clinic in Omutundungu village they access most service in neighbouring. Electricity, water taps and toilet are available in some households while other use candles, gas and firewood, fetch water from their neighbours whom they pay as determined by the neighbours^[3]

Transportation

There is a constructed road but it is not in good condition. The common mode of transportation is taxis. According to Travel magazine: there is one airport in the nearby, the closest airport is Xangongo airport with a distance of 58.7 or 94.5 Km suth-east of the center of Omutundungu.^[4]

REFERENCES

^ http//www.citiesalliance.org-sites-citiesalliance.org-files-NamibiaCLIP092.pdf.url
^ Http//www.tripmondo.com/Namibia
^ Mrs. Rachel pohamba (March 2009)
^ Community land information program (CLIP) March,(2009)

[1] ttp//www.citiesalliance.org-sites-citiesalliance.org-files-NamibiaCLIP092.pdf.url

[2] Http//www.tripmondo.com/Namibia

[3] Mrs. Rachel pohamba (March 2009)

[4] Community land information program (CLIP) March,(2009)

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