Oshivelo

Oshivelo
Oshivelo

Location in Namibia

Coordinates: 18°37′S 17°10′E / 18.617°S 17.167°E / -18.617; 17.167
Country  Namibia
Region Oshikoto Region
Government
  Headman Nation Nashikaku[1]
Elevation 3,583 ft (1,092 m)
Time zone South African Standard Time (UTC+1)
Climate BSh

Oshivelo is a town in northern Namibia.

Transport and infrastructure

Oshivelo has a clinic that in 2014 was refurbished and named after Catherine Bullen, a woman that died here in 2002 due to inadequate facilities.[1]

In early 2005, the new Northern Railway reached Oshivelo with a 89 kilometres (55 mi) section from Tsumeb. By mid-2006, it had reached Ondangwa, and. A train service known as the Omugulugwombashe Star traveled weekly on this track until the locomotives broke down after a few rounds of service.[2]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Clinic named after Catherine Bullen". New Era. 18 July 2014. p. 1.
  2. "Chinese rails for Oshikango railway". The Namibian. 13 November 2009.

Coordinates: 18°37′S 17°10′E / 18.617°S 17.167°E / -18.617; 17.167


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