:Oniipa
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Oniipa is a town in the Oshikoto Region of northern Namibia and the district capital of the Oniipa electoral constituency. It lies just outside Ondangwa.[http://www.worldcitydb.com/oniipa_-3557566.html Profile] worldcitydb.com
History
Oniipa was established in 1872 by the Finnish Missionary Society. In 2014 it became part of the settlement area combined with the nearby village of Onethindi. It was designated as a town in 2015.{{cite web |title=About Us - Oniipa Town Council |url=https://oniipatc.org.na/about/ |publisher=Oniipa Town Council |access-date=9 February 2024}}
The old church hospital, the Onandjokwe Lutheran Hospital, which was named after the first female nurse, is situated in Oniipa. Today, the hospital is managed by the Government of Namibia.
During the struggle and war for independence of the country, Evangelical Lutheran Ovambo-Kavango (ELOC) Printing Press is a printing shop{{Cite web |title=ELOC Printing Press – Basler Afrika Bibliographien |url=https://www.baslerafrika.ch/projects/eloc-printing-press/ |access-date=2024-09-27 |website=www.baslerafrika.ch}} that was burnt down by the Boers. It was established in 1901 by the Finnish Missionary Society.
Politics
Oniipa is governed by a town council that has seven seats.{{Cite news | title=Know Your Local Authority | publisher=Institute for Public Policy Research | newspaper=Election Watch | year = 2015 | issue=3 | page=4}}
Oshikoto Region, to which Oniipa belongs, is a stronghold of Namibia's ruling SWAPO party. For the 2015 local authority election no opposition party nominated a candidate, and SWAPO won uncontested.{{cite web | title=Local elections results | publisher=Electoral Commission of Namibia | page=6 | url=http://www.ecn.na/documents/27857/218731/LA+results+%28press+release%29+2015.pdf/870a030b-8547-487f-ad18-b22713b16d4c?version=1.0 | date=28 November 2015 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151210194328/http://www.ecn.na/documents/27857/218731/LA+results+%28press+release%29+2015.pdf/870a030b-8547-487f-ad18-b22713b16d4c?version=1.0 | archivedate=10 December 2015 }} SWAPO only narrowly won the 2020 local authority election. It obtained 733 votes and gained four seats. The Independent Patriots for Change (IPC), an opposition party formed in August 2020, obtained 673 votes and gained three seats.{{Cite web | title=2020 Local Authority Elections Results and Allocation of Seats | page=15 | date=29 November 2020 | publisher=Electoral Commission of Namibia | url=https://www.ecn.na/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Media-Release-on-LA-Results_2020.pdf | access-date=4 March 2021}}
Notable people
- Michael Amushelelo (born 1991), social activist, politician and a businessman{{Cite web |last=Mumbuu |first=Edward |date=2023-02-17 |title=Amushelelo: Sinner or saint? …a glance into the life of activist, businessman and alleged fraudster - New Era |url=https://neweralive.na/amushelelo-sinner-or-saint-a-glance-into-the-life-of-activist-businessman-and-alleged-fraudster-2/ |access-date=2024-09-20 |language=en-US}}
- It is the hometown of former Lutheran bishop and liberation leader Leonard Auala.[http://www.namibian.com.na/index.php?id=28&tx_ttnews%5btt_news%5d=51444&no_cache=1 Bishop Auala Centenary] The Namibian, 25 September 2008
- Jerry Ngwena {{Cite web |author=Staff Reporter |date=2018-05-16 |title=Oniipa grapples with high unemployment |url=https://neweralive.na/oniipa-grapples-with-high-unemployment/ |access-date=2024-11-21 |language=en-US}}
See also
References
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Category:Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Mission mission stations in Ondonga
Category:Populated places in the Oshikoto Region
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