Oshikango Constituency
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Oshikango is a constituency in the Ohangwena Region
of Namibia
, on the border to Angola
. It has 27,599 inhabitants, the district centre is the village of Oshikango
.
The first Regional Councillor of Oshikango Constituency was Michael Hishikushitja
. He served in that position until his death in 2001.
Ohangwena Region
Ohangwena is one of the thirteen regions of Namibia. The northern and western parts of the region are the most densely populated of this essentially subsistence agricultural region in which small scale mahangu cultivation and the keeping of cattle form the predominant activities...
of Namibia
Namibia
Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia , is a country in southern Africa whose western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and east. It gained independence from South Africa on 21 March...
, on the border to Angola
Angola
Angola, officially the Republic of Angola , is a country in south-central Africa bordered by Namibia on the south, the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the north, and Zambia on the east; its west coast is on the Atlantic Ocean with Luanda as its capital city...
. It has 27,599 inhabitants, the district centre is the village of Oshikango
Oshikango
Oshikango is a village in northern Namibia and a border post to Angola. Since 2004 it is part of the town of Helao Nafidi but still maintains its own village council. It is the district capital of the Oshikango Constituency...
.
The first Regional Councillor of Oshikango Constituency was Michael Hishikushitja
Michael Hishikushitja
Michael Ndapamapedu Hishikushitja was a Namibian parliamentarian.Hishikushitja was born and grew up in Onamunama, close to the Angolan border in the Ohangwena Region of Namibia. In the 1970s he attended school at St Mary Mission School in Odibo, where he later also worked as teacher until it was...
. He served in that position until his death in 2001.