Onayena

This article or the following section is not adequately provided with supporting documents ( e.g. individual evidence ). Information without sufficient evidence could be removed soon. Please help Wikipedia by researching the information and including good evidence.

Onayena is a settlement and district seat of the constituency of the same name in the Oshikoto region in the north of Namibia . The majority of the population in the constituency Onayena belongs to the Oshivambo and forms a cultural and economic unit with the nearby places Olukonda , seat of the kings of the Ondonga , and Oniipa , seat of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Namibia .

Max Nekongo (SWAPO) was confirmed as regional councilor by an overwhelming majority in the 2010 regional council elections.

geography

Onayena constituency map

The rural constituency is part of the north Namibian Oshana system , a network of low-gradient, shallow drainage channels and valleys running in a north-south direction. The county is bordered to the east by the constituency Onyaanya , to the south Omuntele Constituency and to the west by the constituencies Okankolo and Olukonda . In the north, Onayena borders on the constituency of Eenhana, which belongs to the Ohangwena region .

Onayena is relatively the largest settlement in the county; other settlements and villages are Elombe, Esheshete, Omandongo, Onakandi, Onakiidhi, Onathinge, and Oniihwa.

Economy and Transport

The B1 national road and the Tsumeb – Oshikango railway cross the constituency in an east-west direction, with the nearest train stations in Omuthiya and Ondangwa . The Onayena settlement is located around twenty kilometers east of the city of Ondangwa and around three kilometers north of the B1 on a moderately maintained gravel road ( D-road ).

The dominant industries in Onayena are agriculture and livestock . Onayena owns a health center ; There are also isolated retail stores for through traffic, especially along the B1.

Sons and daughters of the place

• Nickey Iyambo (1936–2019), Namibian politician
• The Dogg (* 1983), Namibian Kwaito musician

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Election results for the constituency of Onayena ( Memento of the original from March 31, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF file; 49 kB), National Electoral Commission, 2010 

Coordinates: 17 ° 57 ′  S , 16 ° 12 ′  E