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

about my village

Omatando is a village in Oshana Region in the north of Namibia. It is the district capital of other village 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. After Iipumpu Ya Tshilongo, king of the Uukwambi from 1907 to 1932, had resisted the establishment of mission stations in his territory for years, he finally allowed the Catholic Church to establish the first mission station in former Ovamboland in Omatando in 1924. The station was established under the leadership of missionary and later Archbishop Joseph Gotthardt.[3] Omatando is until today home to a Roman Catholic Church parish. Its neighbouring villages are Omusheshe,Ondjondjo and Omayanga.

Location of my village

It situated for about 1Km northwards from 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 are also grown.

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 friuts plants likes Quava, Mango, Lemon and Pawpaws.

hitory of the village

This village has a historical of the freedom of our country.

weather

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

This village is vulnerable to annual floods due to heavy rains. These floods caused damages especially from 2008 to 2012. Crops washed away by floods and grasses, this brings poverty in the environment to people and livestocks.