Omuntele Constituency
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Omuntele Constituency is an electoral constituency
in the Oshikoto Region
on the northern part of Namibia
. It has 21,884 inhabitants. The district capital is the settlement of Omuntele.
The constituency is situated in the northwest part of Oshikoto about 60 km southeast of Ondangwa. The constituency is currently led by Sacky Nangula, councillor for SWAPO. It is dominated by Oshiwambo speaking people and a small number San people. People in the area survive in cultivating crops. Mahangu is the principal crop in the area.
Chief
Nehale Mpingana. During the Namibian liberation struggle
many people from this area went into exile to Angola
and took up arms there. However, between 1976 and 1980 combatants of the People's Liberation Army of Namibia
(PLAN) lived at Omuntele as civilians as part of a covert reconnaissance operation. There were a number of battles in and around Omuntele like the one at Oshalongo in which Commander Max Nekongo
was seriously injured. Nekongo is currently the councillor of Onayena Constituency
.
received 98% of the votes for President.
Constituencies of Namibia
Each of the 13 regions in Namibia are further subdivided into electoral constituencies. The number and size of each constituency varies with the size and population of each region. There are currently 107 constituencies in Namibia...
in the Oshikoto Region
Oshikoto Region
Oshikoto is one of the thirteen regions of Namibia. The northern part of the region is agricultural, whereas the main economic activities in the southern part are cattle rearing and mining...
on the northern part of Namibia
Namibia
Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia , is a country in southern Africa whose western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and east. It gained independence from South Africa on 21 March...
. It has 21,884 inhabitants. The district capital is the settlement of Omuntele.
The constituency is situated in the northwest part of Oshikoto about 60 km southeast of Ondangwa. The constituency is currently led by Sacky Nangula, councillor for SWAPO. It is dominated by Oshiwambo speaking people and a small number San people. People in the area survive in cultivating crops. Mahangu is the principal crop in the area.
History
The area was established by Silvanus Nyambali Nehale, son of OndongaOndonga
Ondonga is a traditional kingdom of the Ovambo in what is today northern Namibia. Its capital is Ondangwa. Its people speak the Ndonga dialect....
Chief
Tribal chief
A tribal chief is the leader of a tribal society or chiefdom. Tribal societies with social stratification under a single leader emerged in the Neolithic period out of earlier tribal structures with little stratification, and they remained prevalent throughout the Iron Age.In the case of ...
Nehale Mpingana. During the Namibian liberation struggle
Namibian War of Independence
See also South African Border War.The Namibian War of Independence, also known as the South African Border War, which lasted from 1966 to 1988, was a guerrilla war, which the nationalist South-West Africa People's Organization and others, fought against the apartheid government in South...
many people from this area went into exile to Angola
Angola
Angola, officially the Republic of Angola , is a country in south-central Africa bordered by Namibia on the south, the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the north, and Zambia on the east; its west coast is on the Atlantic Ocean with Luanda as its capital city...
and took up arms there. However, between 1976 and 1980 combatants of the People's Liberation Army of Namibia
People's Liberation Army of Namibia
The People's Liberation Army of Namibia was the active military wing of the South West Africa People's Organization during the Namibian War of Independence. It sought independence for the territory from South African rule. PLAN launched its first attack on the South African military at...
(PLAN) lived at Omuntele as civilians as part of a covert reconnaissance operation. There were a number of battles in and around Omuntele like the one at Oshalongo in which Commander Max Nekongo
Max Nekongo
Max Nekongo is a Namibian politician. A member of SWAPO, Nekong is the Regional Councillor for Onayena Constituency in Oshikoto Region. Nekongo is an Ovambo speaking man, born and raised in Ondonga. He joined SWAPO while young.-References:...
was seriously injured. Nekongo is currently the councillor of Onayena Constituency
Onayena Constituency
Onayena Constituency is an electoral constituency in the Oshikoto Region of Namibia in the district of Ondonga. It has 15,684 inhabitants, its district capital is the settlement of Onayena , Currently the Councillor of Onayena is Hon...
.
Elections
In the 2009 general election, incumbent President and SWAPO candidate Hifikepunye PohambaHifikepunye Pohamba
Hifikepunye Lucas Pohamba is the second and current President of Namibia. He won the 2004 and 2009 presidential elections overwhelmingly as the candidate of the South West Africa People's Organisation ruling party, taking office in March 2005. He has also been the President of SWAPO since...
received 98% of the votes for President.