# Tsintsabis

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thumb | right | Carrying water from village well to home in Tsintsabis
'''Tsintsabis''' is a [settlement](/source/List_of_villages_and_settlements_in_Namibia) of about 4,000 inhabitants in the [Oshikoto Region](/source/Oshikoto_Region) of [Namibia](/source/Namibia). It is situated {{circa}} {{Convert|65|km}} northeast of [Tsumeb](/source/Tsumeb) and belongs to the [Guinas electoral constituency](/source/Guinas_Constituency). The settlement features a clinic and a police station.<ref name=forgotten/> 

Tsintsabis was proclaimed a settlement in 2020.<ref>{{Cite news | last=Simasiku | first=Obrein | newspaper=[New Era](/source/New_Era_(Namibia)) | date=5 August 2020 | title=Tsintsabis proclaimed a settlement | url=https://neweralive.na/tsintsabis-proclaimed-a-settlement/ | language=en-ZA}}</ref> Until then it was situated on farm land, some of which has been obtained by government to resettle landless people. The area is inhabited predominantly by [San people](/source/San_people) but also by [Damara](/source/Damara_people), [Ovambo](/source/Ovambo_people) and people from the [Kavango Region](/source/Kavango_Region).<ref name=forgotten/>

==Development and infrastructure==
The place is riddled with poverty and alcohol abuse. Apart from farms surrounding the settlement there are no job opportunities such that many of the residents live on government handouts.<ref name=forgotten/> Tsintsabis Combined School is the only school in the area. It offers classes up to [Grade 10](/source/Grade_10). The school had had bad pass rates in the past.<ref name=youth>{{Cite news | title=Tsintsabis youth want Namcol, youth centre | last=Itamalo | first=Marx | newspaper=[The Namibian](/source/The_Namibian) | date=15 July 2016 | page=8 | url=
https://www.namibian.com.na/153184/archive-read/Tsintsabis-youth-want-Namcol-youth-centre}}</ref>

==References==
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Category:Populated places in the Oshikoto Region
Category:2020 establishments in Namibia

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