Windhoek Rural

Windhoek Rural constituency (red) comprises rural Khomas Region minus the city of Windhoek (yellow)

Windhoek Rural is a constituency in the Khomas Region of Namibia. Its district capital is the settlement of Groot Aub.[1] It had a population of 22,254 in 2011, up from 20,212 in 2001.[2] As of 2020, it has 13,625 registered voters.[3]

Copper specimen from Ogonja Mine, Seeis, Windhoek Rural

Windhoek Rural contains all settlements in the Khomas Region that are outside the city of Windhoek, among them:[4][5]

The main economic activity in this constituency is farming and related work like gardening, seed production, and firewood collection; 90% of the area consists of commercial farms.[4]

  1. ^ "Windhoek Rural Constituency is too vast". New Era. 18 September 2014.
  2. ^ "Khomas 2011 Census Regional Profile" (PDF). Statistics Namibia. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  3. ^ "Regional Council 2020 Election Results". Interactive map. Electoral Commission of Namibia. 18 January 2021. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  4. ^ a b Kapitako, Alvine (12 November 2010). "ELECTIONS 2010: Khomas Region profile". New Era. Archived from the original on 5 December 2012.
  5. ^ "Presidential and National Assembly Elections 2009". Supplement to several Namibian newspapers. Electoral Commission of Namibia. November 2009.