Oshivelo

Oshivelo
Settlement
Aerial view of Oshivelo
Aerial view of Oshivelo
Oshivelo is located in Namibia
Oshivelo
Oshivelo
Location in Namibia
Coordinates: 18°37′S 17°10′E / 18.617°S 17.167°E / -18.617; 17.167
Country Namibia
RegionOshikoto Region
Government
 • HeadmanNation Nashikaku
Elevation
3,583 ft (1,092 m)
Time zoneUTC+2 (South African Standard Time)
ClimateBSh

Oshivelo is a settlement in northern Namibia, located between Omuthiya and Tsumeb in the Oshikoto Region. To its West is Etosha National Park. Oshivelo was proclaimed a settlement in 1998.

Transport and infrastructure

Oshivelo has a clinic which in 2014 was refurbished and named after Catherine Bullen, a woman that died there in 2002 due to inadequate facilities.

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 known as the Omugulugwombashe Star traveled weekly on this track until the locomotives broke down.

Aerial view of Oshivelo railway station

The Red Line, a veterinary cordon fence separating northern Namibia from the rest of the country, runs through the settlement.

References

  1. 1 2 "Clinic named after Catherine Bullen". New Era. 18 July 2014. p. 1.
  2. 1 2 Mwashindange, Josephina (1 September 2020). "Oshivelo rising from the ashes". New Era.
  3. ↑ "Chinese rails for Oshikango railway". The Namibian. 13 November 2009. Archived from the original on 7 June 2011.

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