Kongola is the westernmost constituency of Zambezi Region of

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, and the largest by area. It is located near the Kwando River. The administrative centre is

Kongola Kongola is a settlement in Namibia's Caprivi Strip and the district capital of Kongola Constituency in the Zambezi Region. It is situated on the national road B8 ( Otavi - Katima Mulilo Katima Mulilo or simply Katima is the capital of the Za ...

. As of 2020, the constituency had 5,565 registered voters.

People

Besides Kongola some of the settlements in this constituency are Chetto,

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, Kachenje, Nxtohei, Omega 3, Poca, Mashambo, Mwanzi, Izwi, Mulanga, Munguza, Kahunikwa,

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, Kakuwa, and Mitondo. Its population was 7,366 at the 2011 Census. The area is populated by members of the

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and Mashi tribes, and thus governed by two traditional authorities. A large area on the western side of the constituency falls under the Bwabwata National Park where approximately 1,900

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San people reside.

Politics

The 2015 regional election was won by David Siyayo Muluti of the SWAPO Party with 1,227 votes, followed by Justings Musupi Kutembeka of the Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) with 495 votes. The 2020 regional election was won by Bennety Likulela Busihu, an

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. He received 1,236 votes. SWAPO's Muluti came second with 538 votes, followed by Albius Silwabubi Walubita of the Popular Democratic Movement (PDM, 384 votes) and Adams Manyando Lusepani from the

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(IPC, an opposition party formed in August 2020) with 333 votes.

References

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