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Onayena Constituency
Onayena Constituency is an electoral constituency in the Oshikoto Region of Namibia. The district capital is the settlement of Onayena. The constituency's population has grown significantly over recent years, dominated by the Ovambo language speaking people and a small group of San people. It had 15,684 inhabitants in 2004 and 8,550 registered voters . Economy and infrastructure The main economic activities in the constituency are agriculture and cattle rearing. Omahangu is the principal crop in Onayena, while cattle, goats and donkeys are the farming animals in the area. The constituency has important cultural and historical links. Onayena has a settlement prominent for investment opportunities and has a lot of large virgin land available housing and business investment. History The Ondonga kings Shikongo shaKalulu and Nehale Mpingana lived and are buried here. The village of Omandongo where the first Finnish missionaries arrived in 1870, including ''Nakambale'' Martti Ra ...
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Wahlkreis Onayena (2014)
Under Germany's mixed member proportional system of election, the Bundestag has 299 constituencies (, electoral districts), each of which elects one member of the Bundestag by first-past-the-post voting (a plurality of votes). At least 299 more representatives are elected from closed lists in each of Germany's sixteen ''Länder'', distributed in a manner that ensures that the overall proportion of representatives for each party is approximately equal to the proportion of votes its list received. Voting was last held in Germany's constituencies on 27 September 2021, determining the members of the 20th Bundestag. List of seats by ''Land'' Baden-Württemberg 38 constituencies: * Stuttgart I * Stuttgart II *Böblingen * Esslingen *Nürtingen *Göppingen *Waiblingen *Ludwigsburg * Neckar-Zaber *Heilbronn *Schwäbisch Hall – Hohenlohe *Backnang – Schwäbisch Gmünd *Aalen – Heidenheim * Karlsruhe-Stadt * Karlsruhe-Land *Rastatt *Heidelberg *Mannheim *Odenwald – Tauber *R ...
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2020 Namibian Local And Regional Elections
Local and regional elections were held in Namibia on 25 November 2020 to elect new local and regional councils. The previous round of elections was held in 2015 and won by the ruling SWAPO party. Electoral system Elections for regional councils are held using the first-past-the-post electoral system. Voters in each constituency elect one councillor to represent them on their regional council. Local authority councillors are elected by a system of proportional representation. Local authority candidate lists have affirmative action requirements for women. Election process Although Namibia has 1.35 million registered voters, only about 370,000 have voter cards that specify their area of residence, a requirement to elect local and regional councillors. A supplementary voter registration, also for citizens that have turned 18 and those who have relocated, was conducted between 7 and 15 September 2020, and yielded 188,000 registrations. In April 2020, the Electoral Commission of N ...
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Uuyoka
Uuyoka is a small settlement in Onayena Constituency, Oshikoto Region in Namibia, the village has schools including Uuyoka Combined School which comprises grades 1 to 10. The economy is based on substance farming. It is one of the biggest villages in Onayena. Neighboring settlements are Oniiwe, Uukete, Oniimwandi Onimwandi is a settlement in the Oshana Region in northern Namibia. It belongs to the Oshakati West electoral constituency and is situated away from Oshakati on the left hand side of the main road on the way to Okahao. The headman of the Oniimwa ..., Oniiwe, Ompugulu, Oniimwandi, Omandongo, Onambeke, Uukete, Ethindi, Enkolo, Iikokola, Oniihwa, Okakwiyu, Omadhiya, Okambogo, Okakololo Village, Iihongo Uushinga, Onamutene, Shimbobela, Okaliveva among others. The village is without critical road infrastructures and a clinic, but the school was electrified in 2007. References Populated places in the Oshikoto Region {{Namibia-geo-stub ...
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Oniimwandi
Onimwandi is a settlement in the Oshana Region in northern Namibia. It belongs to the Oshakati West electoral constituency and is situated away from Oshakati on the left hand side of the main road on the way to Okahao. The headman of the Oniimwandi village is Mr Erastus Amupolo and his assistant is Mr Juuda Amupolo. Oniimwandi was the site of a Koevoet military base during the Namibian War of Independence. There is an ELCIN church named after the village, and ''Oniimwandi Primary School'', just next to it. Oniimwandi is the birthplace of former minister Abraham Iyambo (1961–2013) and poet and journalist Mvula ya Nangolo (1943–2019). There is also a settlement named Oniimwandi in Onayena, birthplace to the late Vice-President of Namibia, Nickey Iyambo Nickey Iyambo (20 May 1936 – 19 May 2019) was a Namibian politician and physician who served as the first Vice President of Namibia. A member of SWAPO, Iyambo was a member of the Cabinet of Namibia since independence in ...
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Oniiwe
Oniiwe is a small settlement in northern Namibia, Onayena Constituency situated in Oshikoto Region in the Ondonga area, the village has schools including Oniiwe Primary School, Uuyoka Junior Primary School also known as Mateus Namwiha Primary School, Ambunda Primary School which comprises grades 1 to 7. The economy is based on substance farming. It is one of the biggest villages in Onayena, neighboring settlements are Uuyoka, Uukete, Oniimwandi Onimwandi is a settlement in the Oshana Region in northern Namibia. It belongs to the Oshakati West electoral constituency and is situated away from Oshakati on the left hand side of the main road on the way to Okahao. The headman of the Oniimwand ..., Ompugulu among others. The village is without infrastructures such as a clinic, or a road but was electrified in 2007. References {{reflist Populated places in the Oshikoto Region ...
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ELCIN
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Namibia (ELCIN) is a Lutheran denomination based in Namibia. It has a total membership of over 772,398, mainly in Northern Namibia. Formerly known as the Evangelical Lutheran Ovambo-Kavango Church (ELOC), it played a significant role in opposition to Apartheid in Namibia and was part of the Namibian independence struggle.Evangelical Lutheran Church in Namibia
World Council of Churches, January 2006
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Uuyoka Combined School
Uuyoka Combined School is a government school in Uuyoka village in northern Namibia. It was established during the colonial era in 1961. The first lessons took place under the Camelthorn tree (local 'Okathiya') and lessons were given by local peoples. The school covers grades 1 to 10 and a kindergarten that was inaugurated in 2010 and has about 700 students.Oshikoto School See also * List of schools in Namibia * Education in Namibia Education in Namibia is compulsory for 10 years between the ages of 6 and 16. ''This article incorporates text from this source which is in the public domain. There are approximately 1900 schools in Namibia of which 100 are privately owned. Nami ... References Schools in Oshikoto Region {{Namibia-school-stub ...
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Nehale Senior Secondary School
Nehale Senior Secondary School is a public school in Onayena, Oshikoto Region, Namibia. Established in 1976, it is among the oldest secondary schools in the region. Nehale SSS is named after Nehale Mpingana, king of the Ondonga. The school is located at Onayena, approximately 20 kilometres east of Ondangwa. It has a history of exceptional performance with the highest pass rate in the region and the second best preferred school in the region after Oshigambo High School. Nehale Secondary School is also a cluster centre to the schools in Onayena. It is part of Onathinge education cluster. Current State The school was established during the colonial era and has not seen major renovations since then. The school obtains most of its funding from the government. This is generally not sufficient to cover running school expenses. Its facilities are thus dilapidated. A broken sewerage system, lack of accommodation for teachers, inadequate laboratory facilities and the lack of a hall a ...
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