- Kunene Region
Kunene (also known as "Kaokoland") is one of the thirteen
regions of Namibia and home to theHimba ethnic group. Compared to the rest of Namibia, it is relatively underdeveloped. This may be due to the mountainous inaccessible geography and the dryness that significantly hindersagriculture .The largest town and capital is
Opuwo .The region's name comes from the
Kunene River which forms the northern border withAngola .Kunene's western edge is the shores of the
Atlantic Ocean . In the north, it borders Angola's Namibe Province, and in the far eastern part of its northern edge it borders Cunene Province. Domestically, it borders the following regions:
*Omusati - northeast, west of Oshana
*Oshana - northeast, between Oshana and Oshikoto
*Oshikoto - northeast, east of Oshikoto
*Otjozondjupa - east
*Erongo - southThe region comprises six constituencies: Epupa, Opuwo, Outjo,
Sesfontein , Kamanjab, and Khorixas.Politics
In the 2004 election for the
National Assembly of Namibia , voters in Kunene Region supported numerous parties. Three parties (SWAPO with 36.81%), (UDF with 24.41%) and DTA (with 21.43%) enjoyed at least 20% of the regional vote. Nationally, no party besides SWAPO earned more than 7.2% of the vote. The UDF earned it's single highest vote total and 22.19% of the party's national vote total in the region. [ [http://www.eisa.org.za/PDF/eu200403nam.pdf Election Update 2004] EISA December 2004]References
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