Okatyali Constituency
Okatyali Constituency (yellow) in the Oshana Region (dark grey)
Okatyali Constituency (also: Okatjali) is an electoral constituency in the Oshana Region of Namibia. It has 2,815 inhabitants,[1] its district capital is the settlement of Okatyali.
Politics and governance
Okatyali constituency is traditionally a stronghold of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) party. The first regional councillor for this constituency was Paulus Kapia. He served until 1998.[2] In the 2015 local and regional elections the SWAPO candidate won uncontested and became councillor after no opposition party nominated a candidate.[3]
References
- ↑ Constituencies of Namibia, 2004
- ↑ Paulus Kapia Archived February 29, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. Namibia Institute for Democracy, 2007
- ↑ Kangootui, Nomhle (23 October 2015). "Swapo gets ǃNamiǂNûs uncontested". The Namibian. Archived from the original on October 24, 2015.
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Coordinates: 18°3′S 15°57′E / 18.050°S 15.950°E
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