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- Northern 4 "O" Regions
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The Etosha
National Park forms the southern boundary of four administrative regions
- formerly known as Owamboland: Oshikoto, Oshana, Ohangwena, and Omusati - locally termed "The
4 O Regions".
Within the
boundaries of each region one finds the core of the homesteads and
communal farmlands of one or two of the seven Namibian Wambo tribes.
Their
cultural backgrounds are very similar but numerous variations
in language and traditional
practices do tell of a people amalgamated by
epic events in Africa,
many
centuries ago.
The largest part of the
Oshiwambo speaking
group
lives in southern
Angola - a people
separated by the
colonial powers of
19th-century Europe who distributed the |
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African continent amongst themselves.
More unsettling times followed for the Wambo nation
in particular but also for most others across the entire territory,
during a brief period of British rule and decades of
South Africa's involvement in the former South-West-Africa.
The people living north and south of the Namibia-Angolan border
became the first in the firing lines of the escalating military
activities around the mid 1900's, between the exiled SWAPO and the
South African army.
Only Namibia's Independence in 1990
brought back peace to the four newly established and densely
populated northern regions. They each still face their own set of
developmental challenges, to which cultural tourism provides answers
only partially.
The vast majority of the
inhabitants, - approx.
700 000 combined -, live
in or near one of the
following major
economic centres:
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A wild flower of
northern Namibia
that only makes an appearance
in years
of good summer rainfalls.
Photo: I. Ohm |
Eenhana, Ondangwa, Oshakati, Oshikango,
Tsumeb, and Uutapi.
The landscapes of these regions are very
different from those in the
remainder of Namibia, especially where the water-rich Oshona
System dominates the scenery. Sightseeing
highlights in the
Oshakati/ Ondangwa area are easily accessible, while visiting more remote traditional sites
requires longer stays.
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