Oniipa Constituency

Oniipa Constituency is an electoral constituency in the Oshikoto Region of Namibia. It has 23,913 inhabitants,[1] its district capital is the settlement of Oniipa. Further settlements in this constituency are Oshigambo, and Onanjokwe.[2]

Omukwiyugwemanya, is a notable fig tree at Oshigambo High School.[3]

Politics

Oniipa constituency is traditionally a stronghold of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) party.

In 2010, SWAPO's Johannes Sheepo Shiindi was elected as Oniipa's regional councilor with 95.5% of all votes cast in the constituency.[4] In the 2015 local and regional elections the SWAPO candidate won uncontested and became councillor after no opposition party nominated a candidate.[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Constituencies of Namibia, 2004
  2. ↑ "Presidential and National Assembly Elections 2009". Supplement to several Namibian newspapers. Electoral Commission of Namibia. November 2009.
  3. ↑ Julie Berg-Raymond, "Good Shepherd Sunday school kids join Luter-based initiative, 'Books for Namibia'", Decorah Journal, page 1, 17 March 2011.
  4. ↑ Election results, 2010
  5. ↑ Kangootui, Nomhle (23 October 2015). "Swapo gets ǃNamiǂNûs uncontested". The Namibian. Archived from the original on October 24, 2015.

Coordinates: 17°54′45″S 16°02′34″E / 17.91250°S 16.04278°E / -17.91250; 16.04278


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