Kaokoland
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Kaokoland was an administrative unit and a Bantustan in northern South West Africa. Established in 1980 during the apartheid era, it was intended to be a self-governing homeland of the Ovahimba, but a
Rocky desert in Kaokoland
Himba woman
Mountains in Kaokoland
Opuwo
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Opuwo is the capital of the Kunene Region in north-western Namibia. The town is situated about 720 km north-northwest of the capital Windhoek, and had a population of around 12,300 in 2023. It is the
Kaokoland
…group is the Himba people, who account for about 5,000 of the overall 16,000 inhabitants of Kaokoland. The main settlement in Kaokoland was the city of Opuwo. The Kaokoland area extends south-north from the Hoanib river to the Kunene river (that also marks the border between Namibia and Angola). It is largely…
aerial view of Opuwo
Opuwo Country Lod
Herero woman in Opuwo