Nyangana

Nyangana
Nyangana
Coordinates: 18°00′S 20°41′E / 18.000°S 20.683°E / -18.000; 20.683Coordinates: 18°00′S 20°41′E / 18.000°S 20.683°E / -18.000; 20.683
Country	Namibia
Region	Kavango East
Time zone	SAST (UTC+1)

Nyangana is a village in the Kavango East Region of north-eastern Namibia, situated 100 kilometres (62 mi) east of Rundu.^[1] The settlement is named after Nyangana, king of the Gciriku tribe. Within the village, there are one Combined School and a private Roman Catholic hospital. The hospital was founded in 1936 by the OSB sisters of Tutzing, this was then the only hospital for the whole Kavango Region.^[1] The village features a hotel and a Youth Center. The vegetation type is thorn bush dominated by acacia trees.

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