Onayena Constituency is an electoral constituency in the Oshikoto Region of Namibia. It has 15,684 inhabitants; [1] its district capital is the settlement of Onayena. Currently the Councillor of Onayena is Mr. Mateus Nelumbu Kamati, a former SWAPO Coordinator in the Constituency. The Constituency's population has grown significantly over recent years, dominated by the Ovambo language speaking people and a small group of San people.
In Onayena the village of Omandongo is where the first Finnish missionaries arrived in 1870, including Nakambale Martti Rautanen, and it is also where the Ondonga kings Shikongo shaKalulu and Nehale Mpingana lived and are buried.
Onayena constituency is traditionally a stronghold of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) party.
In the 2015 local and regional elections the SWAPO candidate won uncontested and became councillor after no opposition party nominated a candidate. [2]
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.
Onayena is the hometown of many prominent people in Namibia, such as the multi-award winning kwaito musician and producer The Dogg, and home to the first Vice President of Namibia the late Dr Nickey Iyambo.
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Onayena is the district capital of Onayena Constituency north of Oshikoto Region in northern Namibia, situated approximately 80 kilometres (50 mi) north of Etosha National Park.
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