Kamanjab is a constituency in the
Kunene Region
Kunene is one of the fourteen regions of Namibia. Its capital is Opuwo, its governor is Marius Sheya. The region's name comes from the Kunene River which forms the northern border with Angola. Besides the capital Opuwo, the region contains the ...
of
Namibia
Namibia (, ), officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa. Its western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Zambia and Angola to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and ea ...
. In 2004, the population was 6,012. , it has 4,862 registered voters.
The district capital is the settlement of
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Politics
Until 2015 the constituency was represented by
Themistokles Dudu Murorua of the
United Democratic Front (UDF). In the
2015 regional election the candidate of the
SWAPO
The South West Africa People's Organisation (, SWAPO; af, Suidwes-Afrikaanse Volks Organisasie, SWAVO; german: Südwestafrikanische Volksorganisation, SWAVO), officially known as the SWAPO Party of Namibia, is a political party and former ind ...
party, Angenesia Tjaritje, won narrowly with 1,164 votes, followed by Nico Somaeb of the UDF with 896 votes.
The UDF candidate Somaeb narrowly won the
2020 regional election with 1,116 votes. SWAPO's Nikodemus Amutenya came second with 919 votes.
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References
Constituencies of Kunene Region
States and territories established in 1992
1992 establishments in Namibia
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