User:Lorato Othusitse/Gumare Village

Gumare or Gomare  is a village found in North western part of Botswana near Okavango Delta. The population of Gumare was 6067 in the 2001 population census.

Ngamiland is managed by four government departments.


 * 1) District Council;
 * 2) District Administration;
 * 3) Tribal Administration;
 * 4) Land Board

Maun is the Administrative Center for Ngamiland. Gumare is the only sub-district in Okavango which has its own administrative authority. Leadership boundary for Okavango starts from Habu, including Qangwa and Xaixai till gudingwa. Political boundary starts from Etsha 1 till Gudingwa but education and agriculture is different.There are 27 villages in Okavango District.

In Kalahari ,Okavango is the only one which has flora and fauna. It is located in a place which is bad, where the earth trembles and earth quake. The environment is always changing and it is volatile. There is dry land,swamps, springs,wells and brooks.

Ethnic groups like Batawana, Bayei,Baherero,Bambumbukushu, Basubiya, Banoka, basarwa and Bakgalagadi are found in Okavango. They have built their homes along the river which they also use for fishing and watering their crops.They plough maize and sorghum along the flood plains.

They make money through tourism even though they are foreign owned companies, they also rear animals, basketry, small businesses and agriculture. Most of the people in Okavango are highly dependent on farming which makes it rural. In 1975, the United Nations Development Project assisted a lot of people in Gumare and Etsha to improve their basketry skills so that they could be able to sell their artifacts in other countries. These artifacts were sold at Gaborone, United states and Europe.

Like most of the other parts of Botswana, Okavango is facing challenges with the spread of HIV/AIDS among their people.