Anamulenge

Anamulenge is a settlement and former Catholic mission station in the Omusati Region in the north of Namibia in the Ombalantu tribal area. It is the centre of the Anamulenge Constituency.

Anamulenge
Settlement
Anamulenge
Location in Namibia
Coordinates: 17°29′40″S 15°00′52″E
Country Namibia
RegionOmusati Region
ConstituencyAnamulenge Constituency
Founded1927
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
CurrencyNamibian dollar
LanguagesEnglish, Afrikaans, German, Ovambo, local languages
ReligionsRoman Catholic

Anamulenge was founded in 1927, only 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) from the Nakayale mission station, which the Finnish Missionary Society had founded two years earlier, in 1925.[1][2]

References

  1. Salo, Eeva (1993). Tuure Vapaavuori lähetystyöntekijänä Ambomaalla ja Angolassa vuosina 1931–1946 [Tuure Vapaavuori as a missionary in Ovamboland and Angola during 1931–1946]. p. 21. Master’s thesis in church history, University of Helsinki.
  2. Peltola, Matti (1958). Sata vuotta suomalaista lähetystyötä 1859–1959. II: Suomen Lähetysseuran Afrikan työn historia [One Hundred Years of Finnish Missionary Work 1859–1959. II: The History of FMS’s Missionary Work in Africa]. Helsinki: The Finnish Missionary Society.


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