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Kunene is home to the Himba people, a subtribe of the Herero, as well as to Damara people and Nama people. As of 2020, Kunene had 58,548 registered voters. [6] Kunene's western edge is the shores of the Atlantic Ocean. In the north, it borders Angola's Namibe Province, and in the far eastern part of its northern edge it borders Cunene Province ...
Namibia uses regions as its first-level subnational administrative divisions. Since 2013, it has 14 regions which in turn are subdivided into 121 constituencies . Upon Namibian independence , the pre-existing subdivisions from the South African administration were taken over.
As of 2015 Namibia has thirteen cities, each of them governed by a municipality council that has between 7 and 15 seats. Compared to towns, cities have the authority to set up facilities like public transport, housing schemes, museums, and libraries without the approval of the Minister of Urban and Rural Development.
The Cunene (Portuguese spelling) or Kunene (common Namibian spelling) [a] is a river in Southern Africa. It flows from the Angola highlands southwards to the border with Namibia . It then flows in a westerly direction along the border until it reaches the Atlantic Ocean .
On November 24, 1863, Confederate Cavalry under Joseph Wheeler numbering about 500–1,000 men tried to take Kingston from the Union in the Battle of Kingston, but they were unsuccessful. [ 13 ] In 1955, the Tennessee Valley Authority completed work on the Kingston Fossil Plant , which at the time was the world's largest coal-burning power plant.
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Omusati (the Oshindonga word for Mopane, the dominant tree in the area) is one of the fourteen regions of Namibia, its capital is Outapi. The towns of Okahao, Oshikuku and Ruacana as well as the self-governed village Tsandi are situated in this region. As of 2020, Omusati had 148,834 registered voters. [5]
Epupa constituency (red) in the Kunene Region (yellow) of Namibia. Epupa Constituency (until 1998: Ruacana Constituency) is a constituency in the Kunene Region of Namibia.The constituency contains the Epupa Falls after which it is named (from Otjiherero: Epupa = falling waters), located on the Angolan-Namibian border.