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18-681: Ndiyona constituency until 2013 belonged to the Kavango Region . In 2013, 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 . The new Ndonga Linena Constituency was created from the western part of Ndiyona, so that Ndiyona is now much smaller than before. Both constituencies belong to Kavango East. Ndiyona constituency

36-563: A museum that expounds on the local history. The economic mainspring of the area were for many decades the Berg Aukas and Abenab mines to the north east of the town. These produced zinc and vanadium but have since closed. Namibia is a dolomite country and the carbonate deposits in the upper parts of the mine have yielded interesting fossils of simian or pongoid creatures that lived millions of years before modern humans evolved. Twenty four kilometres west of Grootfontein lies

54-493: A high of 956 mm (37.6 in) in the 2010/2011 rainy season, and a low of 230 mm (9.1 in) during the 2010s drought in 2018/19. The town has a hot semi arid climate (Koppen:BSh). "Ministry of Works & Transport: Tabulation of Climate Statistics for Selected Stations in Namibia" (PDF) . 2012. Grootfontein is governed by a municipal council that has seven seats. The 2015 local authority election

72-470: A result, the new regions of Kavango East and Kavango West were created. The region was characterised by an extremely uneven population distribution. The interior is very sparsely inhabited, while the northernmost strip, especially along the Kavango River , has a high population concentration. Largest urban settlements were the capital Rundu and the towns of Nkurenkuru and Divundu . Kavango

90-650: A total of 77,314 pupils. There was a particular dearth of north-south roads in the Region, apart from the Rundu- Grootfontein main road. Rundu has a small airstrip to accommodate medium-sized tourist or cargo aircraft in daylight only. The poor condition of the roads and the long distances had a negative effect on tourism; this situation was improved by the completion of the Trans–Caprivi Highway . A major highway connecting Rundu to western Kavango and

108-540: Is traditionally a stronghold of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) party. In the 2004 regional election SWAPO candidate Sebastiaan Karupu received 5,870 of the 6,716 votes cast. The 2015 regional elections were won by Swapo party candidate Eugen Likuwa with 1,859 votes. Florian Haingura of the All People's Party (APP) came second with 293 votes. The SWAPO candidate also won

126-464: The 2020 regional election . Laurentius Mukoya obtained 1,874 votes, far ahead of Stefanus Likuwa (APP, 172 votes). 18°00′S 20°42′E  /  18°S 20.7°E  / -18; 20.7 Kavango Region Kavango (before 1998: Okavango ) was one of the thirteen regions of Namibia until it was split into the Kavango East and Kavango West Regions in 2013. Its capital

144-722: The Popular Democratic Movement (PDM, the new name of the DTA) with 309 votes. Previously the German school Regierungsschule Grootfontein had been in Grootfonten. In 1965 it had 4 teachers and 117 learners and was supported by the German government. Nowadays, Grootfontein is home to four high schools, Grootfontein Secondary School, Otjiwanda High School Friedrich Awaseb Senior Secondary School, and

162-652: The Roman Catholic church established a mission in Grootfontein as the basis of their eventually successful attempt to establish missions in Kavango . Like all the towns in the Otavi Triangle, Grootfontein is green in summer but drier in winter. In spring, jacaranda and flamboyant trees bloom in profusion. The town has an old German Schutztruppe fortress from the year 1896, which today houses

180-767: The Ohangwena Region is under construction. Grootfontein Grootfontein (English: great spring , named after the nearby hot springs ) is a city with 26,839 inhabitants in the Otjozondjupa Region of central Namibia . It is one of the three towns in the Otavi Triangle, situated on the B8 national road that leads from Otavi to the Caprivi Strip . The place was known to the Herero under

198-519: The governor of the Kavango Region from December 2010, died in office on March 4, 2013. Samuel Mbambo was appointed as Kavango's last governor in April 2013. The Fourth Delimitation Commission of Namibia, responsible for recommending on the country's administrative divisions suggested in August 2013 to split the Kavango Region into two. The president Hifikepunye Pohamba enacted the recommendations. As

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216-407: The huge Hoba meteorite . At over 60 tons, it is the largest known meteorite on Earth, as well as the largest naturally occurring mass of iron known to exist on the planet's surface. Grootfontein is a railhead on TransNamib , the national railway and transport system. The next station to the west is Otavi . Grootfontein is also home of Namibia's main military base which housed several units of

234-604: The name Otjivanda . In 1885, 40 Boer families from the north-west of South Africa settled at Grootfontein. Part of the Dorsland trekkers , they were heading towards Angola . When that territory fell under Portuguese control, they turned back and established the Republic of Upingtonia at Grootfontein. Abandoned by 1887, it became the headquarters of the South West Africa Company in 1893. In 1908

252-641: The now departed South African Defence Force . It has an airfield that can handle large transport carriers such as the Hercules C130, as well as commercial passenger aircraft. The Grootfontein Show , an annual agricultural exhibition that has taken place since 1911, is the second largest annual entrepreneurial exhibition in the country, after the Windhoek Show . Grootfontein receives an annual average rainfall of 557 millimetres (21.9 in), with

270-591: The region. Kavango comprised nine constituencies : Electorally, Kavango was consistently dominated by the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO). In the 2004 regional election for the National Assembly of Namibia , SWAPO won all constituencies by a large margin. Ambrosius Haingura , a prominent SWAPO organizer during the Namibian War of Independence , served as the region's first regional governor from 1993 to 1995. Maurus Nekaro ,

288-675: Was Rundu . In the north, Kavango bordered the Cuando Cubango Province of Angola , and in the southeast the North-West District of Botswana. Domestically, it bordered the following regions: Because of its rather higher rainfall than most other parts of Namibia, this region had agricultural potential for the cultivation of a variety of crops, as well as for organised forestry and agro-forestry, which stimulated furniture making and related industries. Khaudum National Park and Mahango Game Park were located in

306-472: Was the region with the highest poverty level in Namibia, more than 50% of the population were classified as poor. According to the 2012 Namibia Labour Force Survey, unemployment in the Kavango Region was 29.8% at the time. Economic activities included farming and tourism. Subsistence fishing also played a role in the nutrition of the people residing near the Kavango River. Kavango had 323 schools with

324-545: Was won by Namibia's ruling SWAPO party which gained five seats and 2,019 votes. One seat each went to the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance (DTA, 546 votes) and to the All People's Party (APP, 154 votes). SWAPO also won the 2020 local authority election , obtaining 1,727 votes and gaining four seats. The Independent Patriots for Change (IPC), an opposition party formed in August 2020, obtained 653 votes and gained two seats. The remaining seat went to

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