User:Nestor201086824/Onawa

--Nestor201086824 (talk) 13:34, 4 October 2012 (UTC)

Onawa is a small settlement in the north of Namibia in the Omusati Region near the border with Angola. Its neighboring villages are Olukekete, Oluvango, Ouhwaala, and Oshiputu.

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
Onawa 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 such as baskets. There are also other trees like Camelthorn, Makalani palms. Acacias, and many more.

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.