{{Infobox settlement <!--See the Table at Infobox Settlement for all fields and descriptions of usage--> <!-- Basic info ----------------> |name = Chinchimane |other_name = Chinchimani |native_name = <!-- for cities whose native name is not in English --> |nickname = |settlement_type = Settlement |motto = <!-- images and maps -----------> |image_skyline = Chinchimane (2019).jpg |imagesize = |image_caption = Aerial view of Chinchimane heading north |image_flag = |flag_size = |image_seal = |seal_size = |image_shield = |shield_size = |image_blank_emblem = |blank_emblem_type = |blank_emblem_size = |image_map = |mapsize = |map_caption = |pushpin_map = Namibia <!-- the name of a location map as per Template:Location map --> |pushpin_label_position =bottom |pushpin_mapsize =300 |pushpin_map_caption =Location in Namibia <!-- Location ------------------> |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = {{flag|Namibia}} |subdivision_type1 = Region |subdivision_name1 = Zambezi Region |subdivision_type2 = Constituency |subdivision_name2 = Sibbinda Constituency |subdivision_type3 = |subdivision_name3 = <!-- Politics -----------------> |government_footnotes = |government_type = |leader_title = |leader_name = |leader_title1 = <!-- for places with, say, both a mayor and a city manager --> |leader_name1 = |established_title = <!-- Settled --> |established_date = <!-- Area ---------------------> |area_magnitude = |unit_pref =Imperial <!--Enter: Imperial, if Imperial (metric) is desired--> |area_footnotes = |area_total_km2 = <!-- ALL fields dealing with a measurements are subject to automatic unit conversion--> |area_land_km2 = <!--See table @ Template:Infobox Settlement for details on automatic unit conversion--> |area_water_km2 = |area_total_sq_mi = <!-- Population -----------------------> |population_as_of = |population_footnotes = |population_note = |population_total = |population_density_km2 = |population_density_sq_mi = |population_metro = |population_density_metro_km2 = |population_density_metro_sq_mi = |population_urban = |population_density_urban_km2 = |population_density_urban_sq_mi = |population_blank1_title =Ethnicities |population_blank1 = |population_density_blank1_km2 = |population_density_blank1_sq_mi = <!-- General information ---------------> |timezone = South African Standard Time |utc_offset = +2 |timezone_DST = |utc_offset_DST = |coordinates = {{coord|17|58|S|24|7|E|region:NA|display=inline}} |elevation_footnotes = <!--for references: use tags--> |elevation_m = |elevation_ft = <!-- Area/postal codes & others --------> |postal_code_type = <!-- enter ZIP code, Postcode, Post code, Postal code... --> |postal_code = |area_code = |blank_name = Climate |blank_info = BSh |blank1_name = |blank1_info = |website = |footnotes = <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fallingrain.com/world/WA/28/Chinchimane.html |title=Chinchimane, Namibia |publisher=Falling Rain Genomics, Inc |accessdate=5 July 2012}}</ref> }}
'''Chinchimane''' (also: '''Chinchimani'''<ref name="flock">{{cite news |url=http://www.newera.com.na/articles/48109/Thousands-flock-to-Lusata-Festival |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130221150900/http://www.newera.com.na/articles/48109/Thousands-flock-to-Lusata-Festival |url-status=usurped |archive-date=21 February 2013 |title=Thousands flock to Lusata Festival |last=Sanzila |first=George |date=2 October 2012 |work=New Era }}</ref>) is a settlement in Namibia's Caprivi Strip. It is situated approximately {{Convert|70|km}} southwest of the regional capital Katima Mulilo.<ref name=Lusata>{{cite news |title=Mafwe prepares to celebrate their annual "Lusata" cultural festival |last=Tashaya |first=Clemence |newspaper=New Era via allafrica.com |url=http://www.newera.com.na/article.php?articleid=40943 |date=5 July 2011 |url-status=usurped |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130112043937/http://www.newera.com.na/article.php?articleid=40943 |archivedate=12 January 2013}} [http://allafrica.com/stories/201109301138.html Alt URL]</ref> Chinchimane belongs to the Sibbinda Constituency in Namibia's Zambezi Region.
Close to the settlement is Bamunu, one of Namibia's 79 conservancies. Bamunu is adjacent to both Mudumu National Park and Nkasa Rupara National Park.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.newera.com.na/2013/09/12/bamunu-conservancy-officially-opened/ |title=Bamunu conservancy officially opened |last=Sanzila |first=George |date=12 September 2013 |newspaper=New Era |access-date=26 September 2013 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304091046/http://www.newera.com.na/2013/09/12/bamunu-conservancy-officially-opened/ |url-status=usurped }}</ref>
Chinchimane is the home of the ''Lusata Headquarters'', the traditional authority of the Mafwe tribe. Every year on the first Sunday in October, the Mafwe celebrate the Lusata Festival, a major artistic and cultural event in the Caprivi.<ref name=Lusata /> The name ''Lusata'' is derived from the royal mace of the Mafwe people, a stick covered in ivory.<ref name=flock />
Simataa Secondary School, named after its patron the Namibian Deputy Minister of Information and Communication Technology, Stanley Simataa, is located in Chinchimane.<ref name=lab>{{cite news |url=http://allafrica.com/stories/201202020683.html |title=Rural school gets science laboratory |last=Sanzila |first=George |date=2 February 2012 |newspaper=New Era |via=AllAfrica }}{{Dead link|date=July 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
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