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the valley of the leopard

How ongwediva got its name

It’s a privilege to be from a place such as the valley of the leopard popularly known as ongwediva. It is regarded as the center of attraction in the north boasting numerous shopping centers and an amazing park that will have you thinking you are in the states. This town got its name from its habitants back then. It was a place that had so many leopards and water ponds before they started building. Putting these two things in the oshiwambo language, it’s ongwe for leopard and omadiva for water ponds, the combination of the will brought up the name ongwediva. Ongwediva is a town in the Oshana region in the north of Namibia. It is the district capital of the Ongwediva electoral constituency. Ongwediva was developed in the 1960s by the occupying South African military forces during the Namibian war of independence. Most of the inhabitants speak Oshiwambo.

Ongwediva is also named as a constituency from the town to the nearby villages such as Omashekediva, Oikango, Okahenge, Omaalala and Onamutayi where there is a constituency office.

There are currently only two high schools in Ongwediva, Mweshipandeka High School and Gabriel Taapopi Senior Secondary School. There are also five primary schools. The newly created Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology of the University of Namibia is based in Ongwediva and it started its first official academic year in 2009. There is also an Educational College for teachers.

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