Tsumeb is a city of 15,000 inhabitants and the largest town in Oshikoto region in northern Namibia. Tsumeb is the home of the World-famous Tsumeb mine, and the “”gateway to the north”” of Namibia.It is the closest town to the Etosha National Park. Tsumeb used to be the regional capital of Oshikoto until 2008 when Omuthiya was proclaimed a town and the new capital.The area around Tsumeb forms its own electoral constituency and has a population of 44,113.
Near to the town are two large and famous sinkhole lakes, Lake Otjikoto and Lake Guinas (“”Gwee-nus””). Guinas, at about 500 m in diameter, is somewhat larger in area than Otjikoto. A pioneering documentary movie about scuba diving in these lakes was made by Graham Ferreira in the early 1970s. The depths of the lakes are unknown, because towards the bottom both lakes disappear into lateral cave systems, so it is not possible to use a weight to sound them. Otjikoto, which has poor visibility (owing to pollution from agricultural fertilizers used nearby), is at least 60 m deep.
The water in Guinas is completely clear and well over 100 m deep. Divers who have performed bounce-dives in Guinas to 80 m (strictly speaking, beyond the safe depth for SCUBA dives, especially given the altitude of the lake above sealevel) have reported that there was nothing but powdery-blue water below them. Guinas has been in existence for so long that a unique species of fish, Tilapia guinasana, has evolved in its waters.
There are main roads leading north, Ondangwa through to Oshakati and Angola, north-east a new constructed Bituminous Road to Tsintsabis leading to Katwitwi Border Post and Angola, east, Grootfontein through to Rundu and Katima Mulilo, and south, Otavi through to Otjiwarongo and Windhoek.
Tsumeb has a humid subtropical climate (Cwa, according to the Köppen climate classification), with hot summers and mild winters (with warm days and chilly nights). It borders on a semi-arid climate (BSh). The average annual precipitation is 528 mm (21 in).
Ground level education as well as high level education is the base and strong hold of any country.Thus uplifting the country’s different community prestige. Tsumeb offers just this. It is home to a number of primary and secondary schools as well as an Adult Education Center, which resorts under the Ministry of Education and Culture, which greatly fulfills a major task in enabling adults to further their education.
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