Oshikoto
Oshikoto region, Namibia
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| Area: | 26,607 km2 (10,273 mi²)
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| Population: | 160,788 (2001), 128,745 (1991)
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| Population density | 6.0/km² (15.7/mi²)
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| Capital: | UTC+1
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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.
constituencies: Oniipa, Onayena, Olukonda, Omuntele, Okatope, Okangolo, Omuthiygwiipundi, Engodi, Guinas, and Oshikoto.
