# Tsumkwe

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|subdivision_name2        = [Tsumkwe Constituency](/source/Tsumkwe_Constituency)
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'''Tsumkwe''' ([Juǀʼhoan](/source/Ju%C7%80%CA%BChoan_dialect): '''Tjumǃkui''')<ref>Graham Hopwood: [http://www.nid.org.na/view_book_entry.php?book_id=177 ''Who's Who'': /Ui/o/oo, Royal] at Namibia Institute for Democracy, 2007  {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611180306/http://www.nid.org.na/view_book_entry.php?book_id=177 |date=June 11, 2011 }}</ref> is a settlement in the [Otjozondjupa Region](/source/Otjozondjupa_Region) of northeastern [Namibia](/source/Namibia) and the district capital of the [Tsumkwe electoral constituency](/source/Tsumkwe_Constituency). It had about 500 inhabitants in 2012.<ref>{{Cite news | last1=Berends | first1=Jochen | last2=Henn | first2=Susanne | editor-last=Sinico | editor-first=Sean | title=Natural profits | newspaper=[Deutsche Welle](/source/Deutsche_Welle) | date=2 May 2012 | url=https://www.dw.com/en/namibias-bushmen-profit-from-nature/a-15694418}}</ref>

==People==
Tsumkwe is known as the capital of the [San people](/source/San_people) in Namibia.<ref>{{Cite news | title=Diplomats launch Tsumkwe garden project | newspaper=[New Era](/source/New_Era_(Namibia)) | date=30 August 2021 | url=https://neweralive.na/posts/diplomats-launch-tsumkwe-garden-project}}</ref>

*[Nǃxau ǂToma](/source/N%C7%83xau_%C7%82Toma)

==Nature and wildlife==
The area associated with Tsumkwe exhibits notable vegetation and wildlife. Particularly within the [Khaudum National Park](/source/Khaudum_National_Park) ({{langx|tn|Kaudwane}}), lions, cheetahs, hyenas and other large mammals can be found.<ref>Willie Olivier (1998) ''Overland through Southern Africa'', Published by Struik, 176 pages  {{ISBN|1-86872-105-1}}, {{ISBN|978-1-86872-105-4}}
</ref> The [African wild dog](/source/African_wild_dog) has notable packs within the area.<ref>[http://globaltwitcher.auderis.se/artspec_information.asp?thingid=35993 C. Michael Hogan (2009): ''Painted Hunting Dog: Lycaon pictus'',  GlobalTwitcher.com, ed. N. Stromberg] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101209234758/http://globaltwitcher.auderis.se/artspec_information.asp?thingid=35993 |date=2010-12-09 }}</ref>

==References==
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Category:Populated places in the Otjozondjupa Region

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