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Kahenge Constituency

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Former constituency in the former Kavango Region of Northern Namibia
Location of Kahenge constituency (yellow) in the Kavango Region (dark grey)

Kahenge was a constituency in the Kavango Region of Namibia. The district centre was the settlement of Kahenge. It had a population of 29,799 in 2011, down from 30,903 in 2001.

The constituency contained the Okavango River settlements of Tondoro, Rupara, and Sambusu as well as the inland settlements of Mpanda and Mpuku.

Kahenge was a stronghold of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) party. In the 2004 regional election SWAPO candidate Sivaku Joseph Sikongo received 8,541 of the 8,908 votes cast.

In 2013 the Kavango Region was split into Kavango East and Kavango West. Kahenge Constituency was split into three constituencies. The western part became Tondoro (capital Kahenge), the north-eastern part became Musese (capital Rupara), and the south-eastern part formed the constituency Mankumpi (capital Satotwa).

References

  1. "Kavango West Region - Regional profiles - GRN Portal". www.ecn.na. Archived from the original on 2016-10-20.
  2. "Kavango 2011 Census Regional Profile" (PDF). Statistics Namibia. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  3. "Electoral Act, 1992: Notification of Result of General Election for Regional Councils" (pdf). Government Gazette of the Republic of Namibia. No. 3366. Government of Namibia. 3 January 2005. p. 10.
  4. Nakale, Albertina (9 August 2013). "President divides Kavango into two". New Era. allafrica.com. Archived from the original on 22 October 2014. Retrieved 16 August 2013. Alt URL via allafrica.com
  5. "Creation of new regions and division and re-division of certain regions into constituencies: Regional Councils Act, 1992" (pdf). Government Gazette of the Republic of Namibia. No. 5261. Government of Namibia. 9 August 2013. pp. 37–39. Archived from the original on 27 April 2021. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
Constituencies in the Kavango West Region of Namibia

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