Global InformationTsumkwe Constituency information
Tsumkwe Constituency is an electoral constituency in the Otjozondjupa Region of Namibia. It had 8,823 inhabitants in 2004[1] and 7,075 registered voters in 2020[update].[2] About 2,400 San people live in this constituency.[3] The constituency consists of the settlement of Tsumkwe and the surrounding rural area.
Following a recommendation of the Second Delimitation Commission of Namibia, and in preparation of the 1998 general election, Tsumkwe Constituency was created in 1998 from the eastern part of Grootfontein Constituency.[4]
Tsumkwe is referred to as a capital city of San people. It is a small town with about 500 inhabitants, located about 60 kilometres (37 mi) west of the Botswana border and 300 kilometres (190 mi) east of Grootfontein.
- ^ Constituencies of Namibia, 2004
- ^ "Regional Council 2020 Election Results". Interactive map. Electoral Commission of Namibia. 18 January 2021. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
- ^ "Tsumkwe - Capital of the San (Bushmen)". www.info-namibia.com. Retrieved 2021-05-19.
- ^ "Re-division of certain regions into constituencies: Regional Councils Act, 1992" (pdf). Government Gazette of the Republic of Namibia. No. 1940. Government of Namibia. 31 August 1998. pp. 21–22.