Opuwo Urban is a constituency in the
Kunene Region of
Namibia. It comprises the townlands of
Opuwo, which is also its administrative centre. , it has 10,590 registered voters.
Opuwo Urban was created in August 2013. Following a recommendation of the ''Fourth Delimitation Commission of Namibia'', and in preparation of the
2014 general election,
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Opuwo was a constituency in the Kunene Region of Namibia. Its population in 2010 was 20,119 and its administrative capital was Opuwo.
Opuwo Constituency was dissolved in August 2013, in preparation for the 2014 general election. Following a ...
was split into Opuwo Urban and Opuwo Rural
Opuwo Rural is an Constituencies of Namibia, electoral constituency in the Kunene Region of Namibia. The administrative centre of Opuwo Rural is the settlement of Otuani. , it has 7,315 registered voters.
Opuwo Rural was created in August 2013. F ...
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Politics
The 2015 regional election was narrowly won by Weich Muypa of the SWAPO Party with 2,431 votes. Ueutjerevi Ngunaihe of the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance (DTA) came second with 2,396 votes. Inyandisa Kavari of the National Unity Democratic Organisation (NUDO) also ran and finished with 264 votes.[
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References
Constituencies of Kunene Region
2013 establishments in Namibia
States and territories established in 2013
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