Tsumkwe Constituency
Tsumkwe Constituency is an electoral constituency in the Otjozondjupa Region of Namibia. It had 8,823 inhabitants in 2004 and 7,075 registered voters in 2020. About 2,400 San people live in this constituency. 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.
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.
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