Okorukambe Constituency

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Okorukambe Constituency, until 2013 Steinhausen Constituency, [1] is an electoral constituency in the Omaheke Region of Namibia. It has 9,066 inhabitants, [2] its district capital is the settlement of Steinhausen, it further contains the settlements of Witvlei and Omitara. [3]

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.

Omaheke Region Region in Namibia

Omaheke is one of the fourteen regions of Namibia, its capital is Gobabis. It lies on the eastern border of Namibia and is the Western extension of the Kalahari desert. The name Omaheke is the Herero word for Sandveld.

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Politics

SWAPO politician and Deputy Minister of Works and Transport Kilus Nguvauva was the councillor of this constituency from the 1998 regional election [4] until 2015. The 2015 regional election was likewise won by a SWAPO candidate. Raphael Mokaleng gained 1,898 votes, followed by Emgardt Kandovazu of the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance (DTA) with 352 votes and Eskaline Ganes of the Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) with 164 votes. Lukas Mbangu of the All People's Party also ran and got 45 votes. [5]

SWAPO political party

The South-West Africa People’s Organisation (SWAPO),, and officially known as SWAPO Party of Namibia, is a political party and former independence movement in Namibia. It has been the governing party in Namibia since the country achieved independence in 1990. The party continues to be dominated in number and influence by the Ovambo ethnic group.

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References

  1. ↑ Nakale, Albertina (9 August 2013). "President divides Kavango into two". New Era . via allafrica.com. Archived from the original on 21 December 2015.
  2. ↑ Constituencies of Namibia, 2004
  3. ↑ "Presidential and National Assembly Elections 2009". Supplement to several Namibian newspapers. Electoral Commission of Namibia. November 2009.
  4. ↑ "Tearful Nguvauva thanks voters". New Era . 29 October 2015.
  5. ↑ "Regional Council Election Results 2015". Electoral Commission of Namibia. 3 December 2015. p. 16. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015.

Coordinates: 21°49′S18°14′E / 21.817°S 18.233°E / -21.817; 18.233

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