40 km south-west of Nkurenkuru and is inland as opposed to other former Finnish mission stations, which were located along the Kavango River.

Today, a tarred highway from Ovamboland to Kavango connects Mpungu to other places in northern Namibia.

[1] In Mpungu, the Finnish missionaries were also in touch with the local San population.

[1] Today there is still a health centre in Mpungu, as well as the Himarwa Iithete Senior Secondary School.

Mpungu is situated on the B15 national road that connects to Angola via the Katwitwi settlement and border post to the north, and to Tsintsabis and Tsumeb to the south.