Matadiva

Matadiva
Matadiva
village
	Matadiva Location in Angola
	Coordinates: 16°50′00″S 15°41′00″E / 16.83333°S 15.68333°E
Country	Angola
Province	Cunene Province
Elevation	1,130 m (3,710 ft)
Time zone	UTC+1 (WAT)
Climate	Cwa

Matadiva was a short-lived Roman Catholic mission station in southern Angola, located ca. 30 km to the north of Ondjiva. It was located in the northern extremity of the Oukwanyama tribal territory.

Matadiva was established in 1900 by father Génié, but the location was soon found to be less than optimal, and the mission station was moved in 1903 to Oupyakadi, some 20 km further in the north.^[1]

References

^ Peltola, Matti (1958). Sata vuotta suomalaista lähetystyötä 1859–1959. II: Suomen Lähetysseuran Afrikan työn historia [‘One Hundred Years of Finnish Missionary Work 1859–1959. II: The History of FMS’s Missionary Work in Africa’]. Helsinki: The Finnish Missionary Society. p. 172.

16°50′00″S 15°41′00″E / 16.83333°S 15.68333°E / -16.83333; 15.68333

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[1] Peltola, Matti (1958). Sata vuotta suomalaista lähetystyötä 1859–1959. II: Suomen Lähetysseuran Afrikan työn historia [‘One Hundred Years of Finnish Missionary Work 1859–1959. II: The History of FMS’s Missionary Work in Africa’]. Helsinki: The Finnish Missionary Society. p. 172.

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