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Anamulenge

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Anamulenge
Settlement
Anamulenge is located in Namibia
Coordinates: 17°29′40″S 15°00′52″E / 17.49444°S 15.01444°E
Country Namibia
Region Omusati Region
Constituency Anamulenge Constituency
Founded 1927
Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)
Currency Namibian dollar
Languages English, Afrikaans, German, Ovambo, local languages
Religions 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, 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) from the Nakayale mission station which the Finnish Missionary Society had founded in 1925.[1][2]

References

  1. Back to citation 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. Back to citation 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.