Omandongo Mission
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National monument in Namibia 
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| Monument type | Architectural monument : building | ||
| location | Onayena | ||
| Geographic coordinates : | 17 ° 59 ′ 0 ″ S , 16 ° 12 ′ 0 ″ E | ||
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| Emergence | 1870 | ||
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Recognized by the National Heritage Council |
September 1, 2014 | ||
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The Omandongo Mission ( English Omandongo Mission ) is a historical mission station in northern Namibia and has been a national monument since September 1st, 2014 . It is located near Onayena in the constituency of the same name in the Oshikoto region .
It was the first Finnish mission in northern Namibia. The missionaries had received permission to proselytize from the king of the Ondonga in 1870 .