Onayena Constituency

Onayena Constituency
—  Rural Constituency  —
Nickname(s): Onayena No.9
Onayena Constituency Location in Namibia
Coordinates: 17°59′00″S 16°12′00″E / 17.98333°S 16.2°E / -17.98333; 16.2
Country	Namibia
Region	Oshikoto Region
Established
Government
- Councillor	Max Nekongo
Population (2001)
- Total	15,684
Time zone	WAT (UTC+1)
- Summer (DST)	WAST (UTC)
Area code(s)	9000
Website	N\A

Onayena Constituency in the Oshikoto Region

Onayena Constituency is an electoral constituency in the Oshikoto Region of Namibia in the district of Ondonga. It has 15,684 inhabitants,^[1] its district capital is the settlement of Onayena , Currently the Councillor of Onayena is Hon. Max Nekongo a former SWAPO veteran fighter .The Constituency's population has grown significantly over recent years, dominated by the Ovambo language speaking people and a small group of san people. Onayena lies just few kilometres about (20Km) east of Ondangwa.[1].In Onayena there is a village Omandongo village is where the first Finnish missionaries arrived in 1870 including Nakambale Martti Rautanen and it is also where Ondonga Kings, Shikongo shaKalulu and Nehale lyaMpingana were buried. It is the hometown of many prominent people in Namibia such as the multi-award winning kwaito musician and producer The Dogg ,historical icon legend Chief Nehale lyaMpingana,

Onayena is one of the 107 constituencies in Namibia. The main economic activities in the constituency are agricultural, cattle rearing and . The constituency have important cultural and historical links.Omahangu is the principal crop in Onayena, while cattle , goats and donkeys are the farming animals in the area.

List of schools in Onayena

• Nehale Senior Secondary School
• Onayena Junior Secondary School Okantyaela
• Uuyoka Combined School
• Oniihwa Combined School
• Oniiwe Primary School
• Ekaha Primary School
• Ambunda Primary School
• Onayena Primary School]]
• Onuuya Primary School
• Lucas Primary School
• Joseph Simaneka Asino JSS
• Lano Primary School (private school)
• Ondumetana Primary School
• Nakambale Primary School
• Okakonda Primary School
• Iikokola Combined School

Suburbs

• Onayena(HeadQuarter)
• Elombe
• Omulondo

Names of Churches in Onayena

• Onayena ELCIN Church
• Omulondo ELCIN Church
• Elombe ELCIN Church

List of Villages in Onayena Constituency

• Onayena
• Oniiwe (A & B)
• Ompugulu
• Oniimwandi
• Omandongo
• Uuyoka
• Onambeke
• Uukete
• Ethindi
• Enkolo
• Iikokola
• Oniihwa
• Okakwiyu
• Omadhiya
• Okambogo
• Okakololo Village
• Iihongo Village

References

1. ^ Constituencies of Namibia, 2004

External links

• http://www.raison.com.na/school_maps/oshikoto_school_map.pdf
• http://www.onayenajss.org/index.php