Namibia Constituencies (original) (raw)

Constituency HASC Population
Aminius NA.OH.AM 12,306
Anamulenge NA.OS.AN 14,949
Arandis NA.ER.AR 10,093
Aranos NA.HA.AR 8,528
Berseba NA.KA.BE 10,589
Daures NA.ER.DA 11,350
Daweb NA.HA.DA 5,768
Eengodi NA.OT.EG 15,490
Eenhana NA.OW.EH 22,319
Elim NA.OS.EL 12,199
Endola NA.OW.ED 25,591
Engela NA.OW.EG 24,641
Epembe NA.OW.EP 11,883
Epukiro NA.OH.EP 6,106
Epupa NA.KU.EP 17,696
Etayi NA.OS.ET 30,550
Gibeon NA.HA.GB 6,354
Gobabis NA.OH.GO 20,993
Grootfontein NA.OD.GR 24,878
Guinas NA.OT.GN 5,460
John Pandeni NA.KH.JP 22,359
Judea Lyamboloma NA.CA.JL 5,511
Kabbe North NA.CA.KN 9,559
Kabbe South NA.CA.KS 8,073
Kalahari NA.OH.KA 7,611
Kamanjab NA.KU.KA 8,441
Kapako NA.KW.KK 20,359
Karasburg East NA.KA.KE 9,203
Karasburg West NA.KA.KW 7,267
Karibib NA.ER.KA 13,320
Katima Mulilo Rural NA.CA.KR 13,285
Katima Mulilo Urban NA.CA.KU 28,362
Katutura Central NA.KH.KC 26,904
Katutura East NA.KH.KE 21,564
Keetmanshoop Rural NA.KA.KR 7,219
Keetmanshoop Urban NA.KA.KU 19,447
Khomasdal NA.KH.KN 35,832
Khorixas NA.KU.KH 12,566
Kongola NA.CA.KG 7,366
Linyanti NA.CA.LY 7,328
Mankumpi NA.KW.MK 4,464
Mariental Rural NA.HA.ML 6,780
Mariental Urban NA.HA.MU 15,254
Mashare NA.KE.MR 15,688
Moses ǁGaroeb NA.KH.MG 41,988
Mpungu NA.KW.MG 15,018
Mukwe NA.KE.MU 27,690
Musese NA.KW.MS 10,011
ǃNamiǂNus NA.KA.LU 13,859
Ncamagoro NA.KW.NG 7,043
Ncuncuni NA.KW.NC 8,541
Ndiyona NA.KE.NY 9,551
Ndonga Linena NA.KE.NL 11,082
Nehale LyaMpingana NA.OT.NL 10,710
Nkurenkuru NA.KW.NK 7,064
Ogongo NA.OS.OG 16,436
Ohangwena NA.OW.OW 23,851
Okahandja NA.OD.OD 24,451
Okahao NA.OS.OK 18,734
Okakarara NA.OD.OR 22,747
Okaku NA.ON.OK 19,007
Okalongo NA.OS.OL 26,459
Okankolo NA.OT.OO 13,204
Okatana NA.ON.OT 14,801
Okatyali NA.ON.OJ 3,187
Okongo NA.OW.OO 17,999
Okorukambe NA.OH.OK 10,060
Olukonda NA.OT.OL 9,559
Omaruru NA.ER.OM 8,577
Omatako NA.OD.OM 17,288
Ompundja NA.ON.OM 4,659
Omulonga NA.OW.OL 27,772
Omundaungilo NA.OW.ON 10,006
Omuntele NA.OT.OT 16,865
Omuthiyagwiipundi NA.OT.OG 26,183
Onayena NA.OT.ON 15,392
Ondangwa Rural NA.ON.OR 13,613
Ondangwa Urban NA.ON.OU 23,233
Ondobe NA.OW.OD 22,491
Onesi NA.OS.ON 16,613
Ongenga NA.OW.OG 21,705
Ongwediva NA.ON.OG 34,065
Oniipa NA.OT.OP 24,939
Onyaanya NA.OT.OY 20,902
Opuwo Rural NA.KU.OR 14,362
Opuwo Urban NA.KU.OB 12,910
Oranjemund NA.KA.OR 9,837
Oshakati East NA.ON.OE 27,227
Oshakati West NA.ON.OW 20,676
Oshikango NA.OW.OS 24,201
Oshikuku NA.OS.OS 14,699
Oshikunde NA.OW.OI 12,987
Otamanzi NA.OS.OT 13,495
Otavi NA.OD.OV 12,488
Otjinene NA.OH.OJ 7,306
Otjiwarongo NA.OD.OW 32,144
Otjombinde NA.OH.OB 6,851
Outapi NA.OS.OU 36,740
Outjo NA.KU.OU 12,447
Rehoboth Rural NA.HA.RR 7,591
Rehoboth Urban East NA.HA.RE 18,035
Rehoboth Urban West NA.HA.RW 11,197
Ruacana NA.OS.RA 14,857
Rundu Rural NA.KE.RE 9,381
Rundu Urban NA.KE.RU 63,431
Samora Machel NA.KH.SM 49,178
Sesfontein NA.KU.SE 8,434
Sibbinda NA.CA.SI 11,112
Swakopmund NA.ER.SW 44,725
Tobias Hainyeko NA.KH.TH 45,912
Tondoro NA.KW.TO 14,029
Tsandi NA.OS.TS 27,435
Tsumeb NA.OT.TS 23,269
Tsumkwe NA.OD.TS 9,907
Uukwiyu NA.ON.UK 12,092
Uuvudhiya NA.ON.UV 4,114
Walvis Bay Rural NA.ER.WR 26,916
Walvis Bay Urban NA.ER.WU 35,828
Windhoek East NA.KH.WE 25,823
Windhoek Rural NA.KH.WR 19,143
Windhoek West NA.KH.WW 53,438
HASC: Hierarchical administrative subdivision codes.The middle two letters identify the region. For key,see Regions of Namibia page. Population: 2011-08-28 census.

Change history:

  1. 1992-08-31: The Regional Council Act No. 22 of 1992 established 95 constituencies, listed in its Schedule 2. It has been amended at least three times, in 1997, 2000, and 2002.
  2. The following changes occurred between 1992 and 2001. In Caprivi region, Katima Mulilo and Mukwe were replaced by Katima Mulilo Urban and Katima Mulilo Rural; probably Mukwe was transferred to Kavango region, and Katima Mulilo was split two ways. In Erongo, Brandberg and Walvisbay were replaced by Daures, Walvis Bay Rural, and Walvis Bay Urban; this may be a renaming and a split. In Kavango, Rundu was replaced by Mukwe, Rundu Urban, and Rundu Rural. If Mukwe was transferred from Caprivi, Rundu must have split. In Kunene, Raucana was replaced by Epupa; since Raucana shows up in Omusati region, it was probably transferred out, while Epupa must have been split from one of the other constituencies. In Omaheke, Buitepos and Otjozondjou were replaced by Kalahari and Otjombinde; this could be two renamings, but not necessarily in the same order. In Omusati, Etayi and Raucana were added; Etayi was probably the result of a split. In Oshana, Oshakati split into Oshakati East and Oshakati West. In Oshikoto, Okatope and Oshikoto were replaced by Onyaanya and Tsumeb, possibly by renaming. In Otjozondjupa, Tsumkwe was created, perhaps by a split.
  3. This is a list of 102 constituencies, compiled from the 2001 census results on the site of the Namibia Ministry of Health and Social Services. Note: population data do not include "institutional population", which is listed as a combined figure for each region.
Constituency HASC Population
Aminuis NA.OH.AM 12,343
Anamulenge NA.OS.AN 12,470
Arandis NA.ER.AR 7,477
Berseba NA.KA.BE 9,195
Daures NA.ER.DA 10,184
Eengodi NA.OT.EE 14,995
Eenhana NA.OW.EE 24,193
Elim NA.OS.EL 15,210
Endola NA.OW.ED 36,659
Engela NA.OW.EG 21,341
Epembe NA.OW.EP 14,837
Epupa NA.KU.EP 12,816
Etayi NA.OS.ET 34,970
Gibeon NA.HA.GI 11,201
Gobabis NA.OH.GO 14,278
Grootfontein NA.OD.GR 21,595
Guinas NA.OT.GU 8,435
Hakahana NA.KH.HA 59,546
Kabe NA.CA.KB 14,979
Kahenge NA.OK.KH 30,180
Kalahari NA.OH.KA 9,234
Kamanjab NA.KU.KA 6,012
Kapako NA.OK.KP 25,653
Karasburg NA.KA.KA 14,693
Karibib NA.ER.KA 11,784
Katima Mulilo Rural NA.CA.KR 22,197
Katima Mulilo Urban NA.CA.KU 14,359
Katutura Central NA.KH.KC 20,988
Katutura East NA.KH.KE 17,737
Keetmanshoop Rural NA.KA.KR 6,349
Keetmanshoop Urban NA.KA.KU 14,945
Khomasdal North NA.KH.KN 26,621
Khorixas NA.KU.KH 10,906
Kongola NA.CA.KO 4,134
Linyanti NA.CA.LI 13,741
Luderitz NA.KA.LU 13,276
Mariental Rural NA.HA.MR 13,596
Mariental Urban NA.HA.MU 11,977
Mashare NA.OK.MA 15,829
Mpungu NA.OK.MP 18,332
Mukwe NA.OK.MU 25,999
Ndiyona NA.OK.ND 19,150
Ogongo NA.OS.OG 18,498
Ohangwena NA.OW.OH 17,539
Okahandja NA.OD.OD 18,155
Okahao NA.OS.OH 26,035
Okakarara NA.OD.OR 21,336
Okaku NA.ON.OK 19,262
Okalongo NA.OS.OL 28,657
Okankolo NA.OT.OK 12,926
Okatana NA.ON.OT 15,562
Okatjali NA.ON.OJ 2,815
Okongo NA.OW.OK 21,321
Olukonda NA.OT.OL 9,094
Omaruru NA.ER.OM 6,792
Omatako NA.OD.OM 11,998
Ompundja NA.ON.OM 4,423
Omundaungilo NA.OW.OM 8,085
Omuntele NA.OT.OT 21,884
Omuthiyagwiipundi NA.OT.OM 23,384
Onayena NA.OT.ON 15,684
Ondangwa NA.ON.OD 29,783
Ondobe NA.OW.OD 32,726
Onesi NA.OS.ON 12,935
Ongenga NA.OW.OG 21,474
Ongwediva NA.ON.OG 27,396
Oniipa NA.OT.OP 23,913
Onyaanya NA.OT.OY 13,474
Opuwo NA.KU.OP 20,119
Oranjemund NA.KA.OR 5,451
Oshakati East NA.ON.OE 22,634
Oshakati West NA.ON.OW 20,015
Oshikango NA.OW.OS 27,599
Oshikuku NA.OS.OS 8,089
Otavi NA.OD.OV 11,620
Otjinene NA.OH.ON 14,932
Otjiwarongo NA.OD.OW 22,614
Otjombinde NA.OH.OB 6,378
Outapi NA.OS.OU 30,313
Outjo NA.KU.OU 8,947
Raucana NA.OS.RA 10,722
Rehoboth Rural NA.HA.RR 7,365
Rehoboth Urban East NA.HA.RE 12,581
Rehoboth Urban West NA.HA.RW 9,201
Rundu Rural NA.OK.RR 42,764
Rundu Urban NA.OK.RU 19,597
Sesfontein NA.KU.SE 7,358
Sibinda NA.CA.SI 9,164
Soweto NA.KH.SO 13,809
Steinhausen NA.OH.ST 9,066
Swakopmund NA.ER.SW 25,442
Tsandi NA.OS.TS 26,834
Tsumeb NA.OT.TS 14,113
Tsumkwe NA.OD.TS 8,823
Uukwiyu NA.ON.UK 11,894
Uuvudhiya NA.ON.UV 4,357
Walvis Bay Rural NA.ER.WR 623
Walvis Bay Urban NA.ER.WU 40,849
Wanaheda NA.KH.WA 29,051
Windhoek East NA.KH.WE 16,643
Windhoek Rural NA.KH.WR 19,908
Windhoek West NA.KH.WW 38,969
HASC: Hierarchical administrative subdivision codes. Population: 2001-08-27 census preliminary results.
  1. In the following changes, I have compared before-and-after lists, but in most cases I wasn't able to determine the territorial correspondence between the old and new constituencies with certainty.
  2. 2002-2012: In Khomas region, Hakahana, Soweto, and Wanaheda constituencies replaced by John Pandeni, Moses ǁGaroeb, Samora Machel, and Tobias Hainyeko. In Kavango, Kahenge and Rundu Rural replaced by Musese, Rundu Rural East, and Rundu Rural West (strongly suggesting that Kahenge was renamed and Rundu Rural was split, but I can't be sure it was so). In Ohangwena, Omulonga split probably from Okongo with possibly some parts of Eenhana and Omundaungilo. In Omaheke, Epukiro split from Steinhausen and possibly part of Otjinene. In Omusati, Otamanzi split from Okahao.
  3. 2013-08-08: Extensive changes were made as recommended by the Fourth Delimitation Commission. Fourteen new constituencies were created. In Hardap, Aranos split from Mariental Rural; Daweb split from Gibeon. In ǃKaras (formerly Karas), Karasburg split into Karasburg East and Karasburg West; Luderitz renamed ǃNamiǂN�s, or ǂNamiN�s. Kavango region split into Kavango East and Kavango West. In Kavango East, Ndonga Linena created. In Kavango West, Mankumpi, Ncamagoro, Ncuncuni, Nkurenkuru, and Tondoro created; Rundu Rural West no longer exists, and I suspect that Ncuncuni is just a new name for it. In Kunene, Opuwo split into Opuwo Rural and Opuwo Urban. In Ohangwena, Oshikunde created in the general vicinity of Eenhana, Ohangwena, and Omundaungilo. In Omaheke, Steinhausen renamed Okarukambe. In Oshana, Ondangwa split into Ondangwa Rural and Ondangwa Urban. In Oshikoto, Nehale lyaMpingana was formed from parts of Eengodi, Guinas, Okankolo, and Omuthiyagwiipundi. In Zambezi (formerly Caprivi), Judea Lyamboloma split from Linyanti, possibly along with part of Kongola; Kabbe split into Kabbe North and Kabbe South. There were also numerous border adjustments.
  4. The changes in Kavango are hard to sort out. I have seen it stated that Nkurenkuru was split from Mpungu. Which other constituencies were split up to form the new ones? One clue comes from the fact that the population centers of Kavango lie along the Okavango River (called Cubango across the border in Angola), which flows from east to west through this region. The NGA GEOnet Names Server provides latitudes and longitudes of towns. I searched for towns whose names correspond to the constituencies of Kavango region as of 2001 and as of 2013. The earlier set, from east to west, were Mukwe, Ndiyona, Mashari, Rundu, Kapako, Kahenge, and Mpungu. The later set were Mukwe, Ndiyona, Ndonge Linona, Mashari, Rundu, Ncuncuni*, Kapako, Ncamakora*, Musese, Tondoro, Nkurenkuru, Mpungu, and Mongombi* (asterisks denote towns that are significantly farther south from the river). Note that some names are spelled differently from the constituencies. They were the closest matches I could find in GEOnet, but they may not be the right towns.

Other names of subdivisions:

These are names that I've seen used in one place or another. Further research would be needed to determine the official or most correct version of each constituency name.

  1. Aminuis: Aminius, Aminus (variant)
  2. Arandis: Arandis & Henties Bay (variant)
  3. Daures: Brandberg (variant)
  4. Eengodi: Engodi (variant)
  5. Eenhana: Enana, Enhana (variant)
  6. Epupa: Ruacana (variant)
  7. Grootefontein: Grootfontein (variant)
  8. John Pandeni: John Alfons Pandeni (variant)
  9. Judea Lyamboloma: Judea Lyaboloma (variant)
  10. Kabe: Kabbe (variant)
  11. Kapako: Kapango (variant)
  12. Karasburg: Karasberg (variant)
  13. Karibib: Karibib & Usakos (variant)
  14. Katutura Central/East: Katatura Central/East (variant)
  15. Khomasdal: Khomasdal North (variant)
  16. Linyanti: Linyandi (variant)
  17. ǃNamiǂN�s: Luderitz (obsolete), ǃNamiǂN�s, ǂNamin�s (variant)
  18. Ncamangoro: Ncamagoro (variant)
  19. Mashare: Mashari (variant)
  20. Ogongo: Ongongo (variant)
  21. Okaku: Okakaku (variant)
  22. Okankolo: Okangolo (variant)
  23. Okarukambe: Okorukambe (variant); Steinhausen (obsolete)
  24. Okatjali: Okatyali (variant)
  25. Omulunga: Omulonga (variant)
  26. Omuthiyagwiipundi: Omuthiyagwipundi, Omuthiygwiipundi (variant)
  27. Outapi: Uutapi (variant)
  28. Ruacana: Raucana (variant)
  29. Rehoboth Urban East: Rehoboth East Urban (variant)
  30. Rehoboth Urban West: Rehoboth West Urban (variant)
  31. Sibinda: Sibbinda, Sibida (variant)