Mpungu
| Mpungu | |
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 Mpungu
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| Coordinates: 17°40′1.20″S 18°13′58.80″E / 17.6670000°S 18.2330000°ECoordinates: 17°40′1.20″S 18°13′58.80″E / 17.6670000°S 18.2330000°E | |
| Country |
 Namibia
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| Region | Kavango West |
| Constituency | Mpungu Constituency |
| Time zone | West Africa Time (UTC+1) |
| Climate | BSh |
Mpungu is a settlement and a former mission station of the Finnish Missionary Society in the Mpungu Constituency in the Kavango West Region in Northern Namibia. It is located ca. 40 km south-west of Nkurenkuru, in the inland, as opposed to other former Finnish mission stations, which were located along the Kavango River. Today a tarred highway from Ovamboland to Kavango connects Mpungu to other places in northern Namibia.
The mission station was founded in 1951 by Hellin Elomaa, a nurse, who also founded a small clinic there.
In Mpungu, the Finnish missionaries were also in touch with the local Bushman population.
Today there is still a health centre in Mpungu, as well as the Himarwa Iithete Senior Secondary School.
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