Luhonono

Luhonono, until 2013 Schuckmannsburg, is a settlement in the Caprivi Strip in northeastern Namibia with a population of about 800. It belongs to the Kabbe North electoral constituency of the Zambezi Region. During the time of German colonialism, it was the capital of the Caprivi Strip.

Luhonono lies at the far eastern end of the Caprivi Strip, about 1 km south of the river Zambezi and about east of Katima Mulilo, which is today the region's administrative seat, a role once performed by Schuckmannsburg when Namibia was a German colony. Owing to the way that Africa was carved up by the European powers in the 19th century in their so called "Scramble for Africa", Luhonono lies right near several other countries, Zambia just to the north, Botswana about to the south and Zimbabwe about to the east. Angola is also only about to the west.

The original name of the settlement was Luhonono, after the Luhonono tree (Terminalia sericea) endemic in that area. The settlement was founded under the name Schuckmannsburg on 7 February 1909 by Captain Kurt Streitwolf as "Imperial Residence in the Caprivi Strip". Its namesake was the then Governor of German South West Africa, Bruno von Schuckmann. The purpose of founding this place in such a remote area was to visibly take ownership, on the colonial administration's behalf, of the Caprivi Strip, which had formally been part of German Southwest Africa since 1890. The exact location was chosen because it was directly opposite Mwandi, a North Rhodesian settlement under British rule, and infrastructure such as a post office and a hospital, was readily available there. The D3508, in 2021 renamed Brendan Simbwaye Road, connects Luhonono to Isize and Namalubi.