Ondjumba
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Ondjumba Ondjumba ya Nambala | |
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  Ondjumba | |
| Coordinates: 18°03′20″S 16°03′50″E / 18.05556°S 16.06389°ECoordinates: 18°03′20″S 16°03′50″E / 18.05556°S 16.06389°E Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed. | |
| Country |  Namibia |
| Region | Oshikoto Region |
| Traditional area | Ondonga |
| Time zone | UTC+2 |
Ondjumba is a historic locality in the Ondonga area of Oshikoto Region, northern Namibia. It was a short-lived station of the Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Mission (1872–1876) and later appears on king lists as the court of Nambala yaKadhikwa (Martin Elifas). A guest lodge near Omuthiya uses the name Ondjumba ya Nambala.
Mission station
Karl August Weikkolin opened a Finnish station at Ondjumba in 1872 after work in western Owambo (Ongandjera / Rehoboth–Okahao) broke down with king Tsheya. King Shikongo shaKalulu assigned the site, about four kilometres south of Olukonda—closer than the missionaries preferred, but they built there. Weikkolin moved to Uukwambi in 1876; the empty station was looted. Olukonda under Martti Rautanen then became the lasting Finnish centre.[1]
Royal seat
Lists of Ondonga kings place Nambala yaKadhikwa (Martin Elifas) at Ondjumba. Other seats in the same sequence include Oshamba, Okaloko, Ontananga, Omwandi, Onamungundo and Onambango. New Era has numbered Nambala among kings remembered for receiving Oukwanyama people after the 1917 Mandume war.[2]
Omuthiya lodge
Ondjumba ya Nambala palace and camp site is a private lodge at Omuthiya Ekulo village, on the approach to the King Nehale gate of Etosha National Park.
See also
References
- ↑ Peltola, Matti (1958). Sata vuotta suomalaista lähetystyötä 1859–1959. II. Suomen Lähetysseura. pp. 46–47, 53, 57, 65, 68. Search this book on
- ↑ "The evolution of the Ondonga royal clan". New Era. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 2 September 2026.
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