Anamulenge Explained

Anamulenge
Settlement Type:Settlement
Pushpin Map:Namibia
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Mapsize:300
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Namibia
Coordinates:-17.4944°N 15.0144°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Namibia
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Omusati Region
Subdivision Type2:Constituency
Subdivision Name2:Anamulenge Constituency
Established Title:Founded
Established Date:1927
Leader Title1:for places with, say, both a mayor and a city manager
Unit Pref:Imperial
Timezone:SAST
Utc Offset:+2
Blank Name:Climate
Blank Info:Cwa
Blank Name Sec1:Currency
Blank Info Sec1:Namibian dollar
Blank1 Name Sec1:Languages
Blank1 Info Sec1:English, Afrikaans, German, Ovambo, local languages
Blank2 Name Sec1:Religions
Blank2 Info Sec1:Roman Catholic

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 was founded in 1927, from the Nakayale mission station which the Finnish Missionary Society had founded in 1925.[1] [2]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Salo, Eeva . Tuure Vapaavuori lähetystyöntekijänä Ambomaalla ja Angolassa vuosina 1931–1946 . Tuure Vapaavuori as a missionary in Ovamboland and Angola during 1931–1946 . 1993 . Master’s thesis in church history, University of Helsinki . 21.
  2. Book: Peltola, Matti . 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 . 1958 . The Finnish Missionary Society . Helsinki.