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Kavango Region

Field	Value
name	Kavango Region
native_name_lang
settlement_type	Former Region
image_map	Namibia Regions Kavango 250px.png
map_caption	Location of the Kavango Region in Namibia
coordinates
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Namibia
seat_type	Capital
seat	Rundu
unit_pref	Metric
area_footnotes	{{cite journal
year	2013
title	Namibia's Population by Region
journal	Election Watch
publisher	Institute for Public Policy Research
issue	1
page	3}}
area_total_km2	48,742
population_footnotes
population_total	223352
population_as_of	2011
population_density_km2	auto
timezone	CAT
utc_offset	+2
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Kavango (before 1998: Okavango){{cite journal

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:

Zambezi – east
Otjozondjupa – south
Oshikoto – west
Ohangwena – northwest

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 the region.

Constituencies

Kavango comprised nine constituencies:

Kahenge
Kapako
Mashare
Mpungu
Mukwe.
Ndiyona
Rundu Rural East
Rundu Rural West
Rundu Urban

Regional elections

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.

Governors

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, 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.{{cite news

Dissolution

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 a result, the new regions of Kavango East and Kavango West were created.

Population

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.

Economy and infrastructure

Kavango was the region with the highest poverty level in Namibia, more than 50% of the population were classified as poor.{{cite news |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130414025748/http://www.namibian.com.na/news/full-story/archive/2013/april/article/unemployment-rate-still-alarmingly-high |archive-date=14 April 2013

Kavango had 323 schools with a total of 77,314 pupils.{{cite news

Transport

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 the Ohangwena Region is under construction.

References

(April 2023). "Kavango 2011 Census Regional Profile".
(3 January 2005). "Electoral Act, 1992: Notification of Result of General Election for Regional Councils". [[Government of Namibia]].
Shiremo, Shampapi. (19 November 2010). "Cde Ambrosius Haingura: A great campaigner for equality and freedom". [[New Era (Namibia).
(2013-03-05). "Former dissident, post-1989 politician Battěk dies". [[Namibian Sun]].
Nakale, Albertina. (9 August 2013). "President divides Kavango into two". allafrica.com.

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