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ǁKaras Region
The ǁKharas Region (pronounced , with a lateral click, former name Karas Region, without the click) is the southernmost, largest, and least densely populated of the 14 regions of Namibia; its capital is Keetmanshoop. The name assigned to the region reflects the prominence of the Karas mountain range in its southern part. The ǁKharas region contains the municipality of Keetmanshoop, the towns Karasburg, Lüderitz and Oranjemund, and the self-governed villages Aroab, Berseba, Bethanie, Koës and Tses. ǁKharas' western border is the shores of the Atlantic Ocean. Its location in Namibia's south means that it shares a long border in the south and east with the Northern Cape Province of South Africa. Domestically, it borders only the Hardap Region, to the north. Politics As of 2020, ǁKharas had 56,352 registered voters. The name of this region was ''Karas Region'' (without the alveolar lateral click of the Khoekhoegowab language) since Namibian independence in 1990. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Regions Of Namibia
Namibia uses regions as its first-level subnational administrative divisions. Since 2013, it has 14 regions which in turn are subdivided into Constituencies of Namibia, 121 constituencies. Upon Independence of Namibia, Namibian independence, the pre-existing subdivisions from the South African administration were taken over. Since then, demarcations and numbers of regions and constituencies of Namibia are tabled by delimitation commissions and accepted or declined by the National Assembly of Namibia, National Assembly. In 1992, the ''1st Delimitation Commission'', chaired by Judge President Johan Strydom, proposed that Namibia should be divided into 13 regions. The suggestion was approved in the lower house, The National Assembly. In 2014, the ''4th Delimitation Commission'' amended the number of regions to fourteen. The most urbanised and economically active regions are the Khomas and Erongo region, with Khomas home to the capital, Windhoek, and Erongo home to Walvis Bay and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Koës
Koës is a village in the ǁKaras Region of south-eastern Namibia. It had 2,264 inhabitants in 2023. Geography Koës is situated on the edge of the Kalahari Desert and belongs to the Keetmanshoop Rural electoral constituency. The average annual rainfall is about 150-200 mm. Economy and infrastructure The vast majority of income in the district is generated on ranches in the surrounding area and stem from sheep, goat and cattle ranching for meat production purposes. The most common sheep breed farmed here, is the Dorper, with Persian, Damara sheep, Damara, Van Rooy, Karakul sheep, Karakul and others to a lesser extent. Popular cattle breeds for this area are Nguni cattle, Nguni, Bonsmara, Brahman cattle, Brahman and various others to a lesser extent. Various sheep, cattle and goat stud breeders are registered in the area. During the months of May - Aug (winter) meat hunting takes place on a large scale. Huntable species are Oryx (gemsbok), Springbok and Kudu. To a lesser e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karasburg Constituency
Karasburg was an electoral constituency in the ǁKaras Region of Namibia. It had a population of 16,470 in 2011, up from 15,758 in 2001. The constituency covered an area of . The main towns were Karasburg and Grünau; other populated places included Warmbad and Aussenkehr, and the border settlements of Ariamsvlei and Noordoewer. The Orange River formed part of the southern border of this constituency. Economic activities in this constituency were mainly small-stock farming, and near the Orange River, grape production. In 2013, the constituency was divided into two sections: Karasburg East and Karasburg West Politics Karasburg Constituency was traditionally a stronghold of the South West Africa People's Organization The South West Africa People's Organisation (SWAPO ; , SWAVO; , SWAVO), officially known as the SWAPO Party of Namibia, is a political party and former independence movement in Namibia (formerly South West Africa). Founded in 1960, it has been ... (SWAPO) pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karasburg East
Karasburg East is an electoral constituency in the ǁKaras Region of Namibia. the constituency had 6,553 registered voters. Karasburg East was created in August 2013 from the eastern part of Karasburg Constituency, following a recommendation of the ''Fourth Delimitation Commission of Namibia'', and in preparation of the 2014 general election. The administrative centre of Karasburg East is the town of Karasburg. Politics In the 2015 regional elections, Dennis Benjamin Coetzee of SWAPO won the constituency with 1,602 votes. His only opponent, Albertus Laurentius Jossop of the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance (DTA) obtained 504 votes. The 2020 regional election was won by Angeline Vincentina Beukes of the Landless People's Movement (LPM, a new party registered in 2018). She obtained 1,280 votes. The sitting SWAPO councillor Coetzee came second with 692 votes, followed by William Henry Cloete of the Independent Patriots for Change (IPC, an opposition party formed in August 2020) wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berseba Constituency
Berseba is a constituency in the ǁKaras Region of Namibia. The main settlement is Berseba. the constituency had 6,659 registered voters. Berseba constituency covers an area of and contains the Brukkaros Mountain, Brukkaros crater and the settlements of Snyfontein, Helmeringhausen, Tses, Bethanie, Namibia, Bethanie, and Goageb. It had a population of 10,589 in 2011, up from 9,064 in 2001. The first diamonds in Namibia were found in this area in 1898, while oil was found in 1929. Politics Berseba Constituency is traditionally a stronghold of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) party. In the Namibian local and regional elections, 2004, 2004 regional elections, former National Assembly (Namibia), parliamentarian Dawid Boois (SWAPO) was elected with 1,724 of the 3,591 votes cast. Boois, by then governor of ǁKaras, was reelected in the Namibian local and regional elections, 2010, 2010 regional elections with 1,225 votes. He defeated challengers Aron Lucas Stephanus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
