Outjo is an

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in the

Kunene Region Kunene is one of the fourteen regions of Namibia. Its capital is Opuwo, its governor is Vipuakuje Muharukua. The region's name comes from the Kunene River which forms the northern border with Angola. Geography Besides the capital Opuwo, the reg ...

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. Its district capital is the town of

Outjo Outjo (Otjiherero: ''small hills'') is a town of 15,000 inhabitants in the Kunene Region of Namibia. It is the district capital of Outjo Constituency. It is best known as the main gateway to Etosha National Park. Overview The town was founded ...

, its population was 8,947 in 2004. , it has 9,197 registered voters.

Politics

The 2004 regional election was won by Thomas Adam Sheya of the

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with 1,493 of the 3,706 votes cast. It was the only constituency in Kunene that did not go to the opposition. The 2015 regional election was won by Johannes Antsino (SWAPO) with 1,774 votes, followed by Magrietha Peter of the United Democratic Front (UDF) with 1,063 votes.

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Uaundja Mazenge finished third with 355 votes, followed by John Kelly of the

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(DTA) with 273 votes and Ismael Frans of the Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) with 87 votes. Antsino was re-elected in the 2020 regional election, again the only constituency in Kunene that SWAPO won. He received 1,059 votes. The independent Mazenge came second with 560 votes, followed by Willibard Jason (UDF, 539 votes), Elfriede Gaeses of the

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(LPM, a new party registered in 2018, 407 votes) and Kaejarukapo Maekopo of the

Popular Democratic Movement The Popular Democratic Movement (PDM), formerly Democratic Turnhalle Alliance (DTA), is an amalgamation of political parties in Namibia, registered as one singular party for representation purposes. In coalition with the United Democratic Front ...

(PDM, the new name of the DTA) with 369 votes.

References

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