Suburbs The oldest suburbs are
Nghweeze, the former Blacks' township, and
Katima Mulilo Proper, the area restricted to Whites during the
apartheid era.
Butterfly,
Cowboy,
Choto and
Mahohoma are registered informal settlements of Katima, further parts of town are named Nambweza, Soweto (
South–
Western
Townships, a reminiscence of the
famous suburb of
Johannesburg), New Look, Mabuluma, Lyambai, Bebi, Greenwell Matongo, Macaravan East and West, and NHE (from
National Housing Enterprises, a governmental low-cost housing company that drew development here).
People The
Lozi people are a
Bantu-speaking ethnic group native to
southern Africa. They consist of several tribes, including the
Bafwe,
Bambukushu,
Basubia,
Batotela, and
Bayeyi, each with its own dialect and
traditional authority. These tribes share the same Lozi culture and traditions.
Silozi serves as the standard language that unifies them and is widely used in educational materials, media such as television and radio, and government communications. Additionally, Silozi plays a crucial role in preserving and promoting cultural heritage, serving as a common medium for cultural practices and ceremonies. Additionally, there is a population of
San, specifically the
Khwe people, residing in Bwabwata in the western part of the region. The town's coat of arms, still very similar to that used by the
Caprivi government, depicts these tribes as two elephants facing each other, symbolising unity and peaceful coexistence of the
tribal chiefs.
Climate Katima Mulilo has a
hot semi-arid climate (
Köppen BSh), bordering on a dry-winter
humid subtropical climate (
Cwa). Almost all rainfall occurs from November to March, when the weather is hot and humid although substantially moderated by altitude. In the long dry season between April and October the weather remains hot although less humid at the beginning and finish, but very warm weather with chilly mornings occurs at the middle of this dry season during the Southern Hemisphere winter. {{Weather box {{cite web ==Politics==