Ondjiva
Ondjiva
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Ondjiva, formerly Vila Pereira d'Eça, is a
History
Mission station
The Ondjiva
Meisenholl stayed in Ondjiva for some four years, before he had to leave due to a serious illness. Wilhelm Stahlhut came to replace him in the mid-1890s. Stahlhut’s three children died in Africa, and finally he himself fell ill with blackwater fever and died in Outjo on 1 May 1900. His widow stayed for many years, first in Oukwanyama and then in Hereroland.
In August 1915, King Mandume had the mission station burned, and the Germans had to flee to Ondonga in South West Africa.[4]
Ondjiva later became a Catholic mission and the see of the bishop of the Ondjiva Diocese. Fernando Guimaraes Kevanu was the bishop until 2011, and he was to be succeeded by Rev. Pio Hipunyati.[5]
Angolan Civil War
Ondjiva was largely destroyed during the Angolan Civil War. The administration of the city operated from Huíla Province, and in theory ruled Cunene Province in exile. Most of the population left the city by 1989, and by 1999 was home to fewer than 5,000 residents. Reconstruction efforts began after the advent of peace in 2002. Ondjiva initially experienced slow population growth but saw a significant return of its residents and new migration from other regions of Angola, notably from Huíla Province from 1998 and 2000.[6]
Demographics
Ondjiva has traditionally been a center of the
Geography
Neighborhoods
Ondjiva consists of 12 neighborhoods, or bairros.[3]
- Pioneiro Zeca I
- Pioneiro Zeca II
- Bangula I
- Bangula II
- Kafito I
- Kafito II
- Kachila I
- Kachila II
- Naipalala I
- Naipalala II
- Castilhos
- Kakuluvale
Transport
Ondjiva is served by
A planned rail connection to Namibia on the Moçâmedes Railway remains unbuilt.
Annual Trade Fair
Ondjiva holds annual 15-day trade fair in July. During this time exhibition are organized so that companies in a specific industry can showcase and demonstrate their latest products, service.
Notable people
- Marcelina Vahekeni, Miss Angola 2012, delegate to the Miss Universe 2012 pageant
See also
- Railway stations in Angola
- Railway stations in Namibia
References
- ^ Citypopulation.de Population of provinces and communes in Angola
- ^ Citypopulation.de Population of the major cities in Angola
- ^ a b Plano de Urbanização da Cidade de Ondjiva. Luanda, Angola: República de Angola. 2005.
- ^ Peltola, Matti (1958). Sata vuotta suomalaista lähetystyötä 1859–1959. II: Suomen Lähetysseuran Afrikan työn historia [‘One Hundred Years of Finnish Missionary Work 1859–1959. II: The History of FMS’s Missionary Work in Africa’]. Helsinki: The Finnish Missionary Society. pp. 124–125, 173, 180.
- ^ "AFRICA/ANGOLA — Resignation of the Bishop of Ondjiva and appointment of successor". Agenzia fides. Information service of the Pontifical Mission Societies since 1927. 2011-11-23. Retrieved 2015-05-19.
- ^ ISSN 0305-7070.
- ^ "Ondjiva". TAAG Angolan Airlines. 2016. Retrieved 2016-07-21.
