Okahandja Constituency

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Okahandja Constituency (yellow) in the Otjozondjupa Region (dark grey) Wahlkreis Okahandja in Otjozondjupa.png
Okahandja Constituency (yellow) in the Otjozondjupa Region (dark grey)

Okahandja Constituency is an electoral constituency in the Otjozondjupa Region of Namibia. It has 18,155 inhabitants [1] and consists of the town of Okahandja and the surrounding rural area.

Constituencies of Namibia Wikimedia list article

Each of the 14 regions in Namibia is further subdivided into electoral constituencies. The size of the constituencies varies with the size and population of each region. There are currently 121 constituencies in Namibia. The most populous constituency is Walvis Bay Urban; the least populous is Walvis Bay Rural, both in the Erongo region.

Otjozondjupa Region Region in Namibia

Otjozondjupa region is one of the fourteen regions of Namibia, whose capital is Otjiwarongo. An outstanding landmark within this region is the Waterberg Plateau Park. Administration offices are based in Otjiwarongo which is the largest town in the region.

Namibia republic in southern Africa

Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in southern Africa. Its western border is the Atlantic Ocean; it shares land borders with Zambia and Angola to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and east. Although it does not border Zimbabwe, less than 200 metres of the Zambezi River separates the two countries. Namibia gained independence from South Africa on 21 March 1990, following the Namibian War of Independence. Its capital and largest city is Windhoek, and it is a member state of the United Nations (UN), the Southern African Development Community (SADC), the African Union (AU), and the Commonwealth of Nations.

Politics

The 2015 regional election was won by Steve Biko Booys of the SWAPO Party with 3,280 votes, followed by Sophia Basson of the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance (DTA) with 763 votes. Independent candidate Welfriedt Groeitjie Goaseb gained 501 votes. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ Constituencies of Namibia, 2004
  2. ↑ "Regional Council Election Results 2015". Electoral Commission of Namibia. 3 December 2015. p. 20. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015.

Coordinates: 21°59′S16°55′E / 21.983°S 16.917°E / -21.983; 16.917

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