Ondangwa

city Ondangwa Ondangua (historical)
Details Details
Main street of Ondangwa with a view towards Oshakati (2011)
motto	Prosperity, Progress (prosperity, progress)
Basic data
Population Area Population Density	21,100 (2011 census) 49.6 km² 425.8 inhabitants / km²
State Region Constituency	Namibia Oshana Ondangwa
Establishment date
License plate phone code	ND 67
Website	ondangwatc.org.na

Waiting hall and Air Namibia plane at Ondangwa Airport

Ondangwa (formerly Ondangua ) is a district town in the Oshana region in the north of Namibia (historically Ovamboland ). The city has 21,100 inhabitants.

Ondangwa, together with Oshakati and Ongwediva, forms the third largest urban agglomeration in Namibia (after Windhoek and Rundu ). In addition to hotels , banks, as well as school and medical facilities, the place also has a police station , an airport and a train station. To the east of the city are the religious centers of Olukonda and Oniipa .

Ondangwa is an urban constituency as Ondangwa City and is surrounded by the rural constituency of Ondangwa .

climate

Ondangwa has a semi-arid climate (steppe climate BSh, according to the climate classification by Köppen and Geiger ), with hot summers and relatively mild winters (warm days and cold nights). The average annual rainfall is around 450 mm; the main precipitation occurs in summer.

Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Oshakati / Ondangwa Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Max. Temperature ( ° C ) 32 32 31 31 30th 27 27 30th 34 35 34 34 O 31.4 Min. Temperature (° C) 20th 20th 10 18th 14th 8th 8th 9 15th 18th 19th 20th O 14.9 Temperature (° C) 26th 26th 26th 25th 22nd 18th 19th 21st 26th 27 26th 28 O 24.2 Precipitation ( mm ) 107 99 97 29 6th 5 0 2 7th 12 45 41 Σ 450 Source:

Local politics

The following official final result was determined in the 2015 local elections .

Political party	be right	Share of votes	Seats
SWAPO	2582	90.2%	6th
DTA	0158	05.5%	1
RDP	0123	04.3%	0
All in all	2863	100%	7th

Educational institutions

Okuniihole Combined School Ambili Senior Primary School Amunganda Combined School Ehangano Junior Primary School Eheke Combined School Elago Combined School Eloolo Combined School Etambo Combined School Iidangungu Combined School

Kapembe Senior Primary School Mamanya Junior Primary School Nangolo Secondary School Nengushe Senior Primary School Nepaya Combined School Okashandja Combined School Okatal Junior Primary School Omagano Junior Primary School Uukwiyushona Combined School

Town twinning

• Kangasala
• Lempäälä
• Oranjemund (since July 2013)
• Windhoek (since April 2002)

Sons and daughters

• Matheus Shikongo (* 1950), Mayor of Windhoek

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Namibia 2011 Population and Housing Census Preliminery Results. Namibia Statistics Agency, April 2012, accessed May 9, 2012
2. ^ History Weather Underground, Oshakati, Namibia. Wunderground, accessed on September 1, 2010 (English). 
3. ^ Climate Ondangwa - Namibia. Climatedata.eu, accessed on September 1, 2010 (English). 
4. ↑ Official election results of the regional and local elections 2015, ECN, December 4, 2015 ( Memento of December 10, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 150 kB)
5. ^ ^{A b} North-South Local Government Cooperation Program. Embassy of Finland ( Memento of November 11, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) accessed on March 25, 2013
6. ^ Together As one. The Namibian, July 18, 2013, p. 12

Coordinates: 17 ° 55 ′  S , 15 ° 59 ′  E