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Mpungu

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Today there is still a health centre in Mpungu, as well as the Himarwa Iithete Senior Secondary School. Mpungu is situated on the
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A hundred years of Finnish missionary work 1859–1959. II: The history of the Finnish Missionary Society in Africa
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The mission station was founded in 1951 by Hellin Elomaa, a nurse, who also founded a small clinic there.
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and is inland as opposed to other former Finnish mission stations, which were located along the
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Sata vuotta suomalaista lähetystyötä 1859–1959. II: Suomen Lähetysseuran Afrikan työn historia
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This article is about the settlement in Namibia. For the spirits of Palo, see
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In Mpungu, the Finnish missionaries were also in touch with the local
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Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Mission mission stations in Kavango
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Nkisi
Settlement
Mpungu is located in Namibia
17°40′1.20″S 18°13′58.80″E / 17.6670000°S 18.2330000°E / -17.6670000; 18.2330000
Namibia
Region
Kavango West
Constituency
Mpungu Constituency
Time zone
UTC+2
South African Standard Time
Climate
BSh
mission station
Finnish Missionary Society
Mpungu Constituency
Kavango West
Region
Namibia
Nkurenkuru
Kavango River
San
B15 national road
Angola
Katwitwi
Tsintsabis
Tsumeb
Okongo
C45

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