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and land ownership of the kings. In response to those forts on the northern side of the river, the German administration opened a police station in
Nkurenkuru on June 17, 1910, which over the following years mainly assumed representative tasks. With the outbreak of World War I and a murdered German
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kings. Until 1936 it has been the capital of the region, after which the seat of the regional government was moved to Rundu, due to its strategically more central location. In 2013 it became a regional capital again, of the newly created Region of
Kavango West. Nkurenkuru is the smallest town in
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were defined along the
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expeditions were carried out along the river. On August 17, 1909, Berengar von
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Ovamboland, Isak Alho, along with Eetu Järvinen, who had visited the place the previous year. The mission station was established near the local government station.
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