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| Area: | 26,607 km˛ (10,273 mi˛) | |
| Population: | 160,788 (2001), 128,745 (1991) | |
| Population density | 6.0/km˛ (15.7/mi˛) | |
| Capital: | Tsumeb | |
| Time Zone: | South African Standard Time: UTC+1 | |
Oshikoto is one of the thirteen regions of Namibia. The northern part of the region is agricultural, whereas the main economic activities in the southern part are cattle rearing and mining. The two areas have important cultural and historical links in that the Ndonga people have extracted copper at Tsumeb since the earliest times in order to make rings and tools.
Communication are good in much of the area: a paved trunk road runs across the region, linking it to both the south and the north of the country. The national microwave network terminates at Tsumeb, but telecommunications are now carried across the Region and as far as Oshakati by means of a newly laid optical fiber cable.
The region's population has grown significantly over recent years, partly as a result of redistribution within the Oshiwambo speaking area. Apart from Tsumeb and Oniipa, people have settled in a corridor along the trunk road, sometimes forming quite dense concentrations.
This region comprises ten constituencies: Oniipa , Onayena , Olukonda , Omuntele , Okatope , Okangolo , Omuthiygwiipundi , Engodi , Guinas , and Oshikoto .
| Regions of Namibia | |
| Caprivi | Erongo | Hardap | Karas | Okavango | Khomas | Kunene | Ohangwena | Omaheke | Omusati | Oshana | Oshikoto | Otjozondjupa |