Mpungu Constituency

Mpungu constituency (yellow, left) in the Kavango West region of Namibia

Mpungu is a constituency in the Kavango West region of Namibia. It had a population of 20,787 in 2011, up from 18,660 in 2001,[1] and 9,121 registered voters in 2020,[2] up from 8,924 in 2004.[3]

The settlements of Mpungu and Mukekete are situated in this constituency.[4] Before August 2013 the town of Nkurenkuru belonged to Mpungu constituency, and the constituency was situated in the Kavango Region. Following a recommendation of the Fourth Delimitation Commission of Namibia, and in preparation of the 2014 general election, the Kavango Region was split into Kavango East and Kavango West. Nkurenkuru Constituency was created from the area of Mpungu.[5] Both constituencies belong to Kavango West.[6]

  1. ^ "Kavango 2011 Census Regional Profile" (PDF). Statistics Namibia. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  2. ^ "Regional Council 2020 Election Results". Interactive map. Electoral Commission of Namibia. 18 January 2021. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Mpungu Constituency". Namibia Electoral Commission. 2004. Retrieved 2009-07-29. [dead link]
  4. ^ Dlamini, Matthew (28 September 2020). "Mukekete San receive food parcels". The Namibian. p. 6.
  5. ^ "Creation of new regions and division and re-division of certain regions into constituencies: Regional Councils Act, 1992" (pdf). Government Gazette of the Republic of Namibia. No. 5261. Government of Namibia. 9 August 2013. pp. 36–37.
  6. ^ Nakale, Albertina (9 August 2013). "President divides Kavango into two". New Era. allafrica.com. Archived from the original on 22 October 2014. Retrieved 16 August 2013.