Tsjaka

Tsjaka
Settlement
Region Omaheke Region
Constituency Kalahari Constituency
Time zone South African Standard Time (UTC+1)

Tsjaka is a settlement in Omaheke Region in eastern Namibia. Located approximately 50 kilometres (31 mi) south of the regional capital Gobabis, it is inhabited primarily by the Tswana and San people. The village can only be reached by a gravel road via the Highway C22.

Tsjaka belongs to the Kalahari Constituency of Omaheke Region. The settlement features a centre of the Komeho Development Agency, a non-governmental organisation that also provides accommodation facilities for visitors, several farms in the radius of 50 kilometres[1] and a primary school. The Mphe Thuto Primary School serves 440 learners from the settlement and the neighbouring farms and location.[2] The main economic activity is subsistence farming with goats and sheep.

References

  1. ↑ Welcome to BEN-HUR Rural Development Centre. Website of the Ben-Hur Rural Development Centre, accessed 10 June 2014
  2. ↑ Mphe Thuto Primary School Website of mphethuto.de, accessed 10 June 2014

Coordinates: 22°45′43″S 19°12′09″E / 22.7619°S 19.2025°E / -22.7619; 19.2025

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