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Epukiro is a cluster of small settlements in the remote eastern part of the Omaheke Region of Namibia, situated about northeast of the regional capital Gobabis. The centre of the populated area is the Catholic mission station. Epukiro had about 3,200 inhabitants in 1997, predominantly ethnic Tswana. Epukiro was since Namibian independence part of Otjinene Constituency. This constituency was split in 2004 and the new Epukiro Constituency was created. ==History== The settlement was formed in 1902 when Roman Catholic Church bought the 30,000 ha farm ''Epukiro''. Namesake of the farm and the settlement is the Epukiro River, an ephemeral river which cuts the farm from west to east.〔 A mission station was founded in 1904 by the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate, a Catholic congregation.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Oblates of Mary Immaculate. 100 years in Namibia. 1896-2005 )〕 It was destroyed one year later during the Herero and Namaqua War. The German colonial administration opened a post office in 1905. The Herero and Namaqua War of 1904–1907 saw tens of thousands of Ovaherero killed, almost its entire population.〔(UN Whitaker Report on Genocide, 1985, paragraphs 14 to 24, pages 5 to 10 ) Prevent Genocide International〕 Survivors had lost their land and cattle, and the land originally in the hands of the Herero was now farmland in the possession of white settlers. When after World War I Germany lost all its colonies and South-West Africa became mandate territory of South Africa, the new administration was unable, perhaps unwilling, to undo the land transfer. A South African administrator writes:
To accommodate the Ovaherero, the South African administration created eight "native reserves" for them of which the ''Epukiro Reserve'' was one.〔 The Epukiro Reserve as administrative structure existed until the 1970s. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Epukiro」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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