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Pearl millet (Omahangu) is the principal crop in the north, while cattle are reared in the Mangetti and the Tsumeb district. Although the Tsumeb mine has only a limited life span, it can together with the associated support industries and services, provide a boost for the communal areas of the region. Communication are good in much of the area: a paved trunk road runs across the region, linking it to both the south and the north of the country. The national microwave network terminates at Tsumeb, but telecommunications are now carried across the region and as far as Oshakati by means of a newly laid optical fiber cable. The region's population has grown significantly over recent years, partly as a result of redistribution within the Oshiwambo speaking area. Apart from Tsumeb and Oniipa, people have settled in a corridor along the trunk road, sometimes forming quite dense concentrations. Oshikoto is one of only three regions without either a shoreline or a foreign border. It borders the following regions: *Ohangwena - north *Okavango - east *Otjozondjupa - southeast *Kunene - southwest *Oshana - west This region comprises ten constituencies: Oniipa, Onayena Constituency, Olukonda, Omuntele, Okatope, Okangolo, Omuthiygwiipundi, Engodi, Guinas, and Oshikoto. Category:Regions of Namibia af:Osjikoto bg:Ошикото de:Oshikoto es:Oshikoto (Namibia) fr:Oshikoto ko:오시코토 주 it:Regione di Oshikoto sw:Mkoa wa Oshikoto nl:Oshikoto ja:オシコト州 no:Oshikoto (region) pnb:صوبہ اوشیکوٹو pt:Oshikoto ru:Ошикото fi:Oshikoto zh:奧希科托區 |