Kahenge was a constituency in the

Kavango Region Kavango (before 1998: Okavango) was one of the thirteen regions of Namibia until it was split into the Kavango East and Kavango West Regions in 2013. Its capital was Rundu. In the north, Kavango bordered the Cuando Cubango Province of Angola, and ...

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. The district centre was the settlement of

Kahenge Kahenge is a village in the Kavango West Region of northern Namibia. It is located west of Rundu and is the administrative centre of the Kahenge Constituency.

. It had a population of 29,799 in 2011, down from 30,903 in 2001. The constituency contained the

Okavango River The Okavango River (formerly spelled Okovango or Okovanggo), Also known as the Cubango River, is a river in southwest Africa. It is the fourth-longest river system in southern Africa, running southeastward for . It begins at an elevation of in ...

settlements of

Tondoro Tondoro is a settlement in the Kavango West region of northern Namibia, and the administrative centre of the Tondoro Constituency. It is located south-east of Nkurenkuru, and it is inhabited primarily by the Uukwangali people. There is a Catho ...

Rupara Rupara (in older print media and maps also known as Lupala, as it is pronounced by the Ovambo people) is a settlement and a former mission station of the Finnish Missionary Society in the Kahenge Constituency in the Kavango West Region in Northe ...

, and Sambusu as well as the inland settlements of

Mpanda Mpanda is a city in Katavi Region of Tanzania, East Africa with a postcode number 50100. It is the administrative centre of Katavi Region, Mpanda District and is itself one of the four districts of the region. Mpanda is a "frontier town" in the ...

and Mpuku. In 2013 the Kavango Region was split into

Kavango East Kavango East is one of the fourteen regions of Namibia. Its capital is Rundu, its governor is Bonifatius Wakudumo. The Region was created in 2013 when the Kavango Region was split into Kavango East and Kavango West. The only self-governed settlem ...

and

Kavango West Kavango West is one of the fourteen regions of Namibia. Its capital and only self-governed settlement is Nkurenkuru, its governor is Sirkka Ausiku. The Region was created in 2013 when the Kavango Region was split into Kavango East and Kavango West ...

. Kahenge Constituency was split into three constituencies. The western part became

(capital Kahenge), the north-eastern part became Musese (capital Rupara), and the south-eastern part formed the constituency Mankumpi (capital Satotwa).Alt URL via allafrica.com
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Kavango West States and territories established in 1992 States and territories disestablished in 2013 {{Namibia-geo-stub