Kabbe North
{{Infobox constituency|name=Kabbe North|type=|region=Zambezi Region|population=12,253|towns=Kabbe|area=1,183 km²}}
{{Short description|Electoral constituency in Namibia's Zambezi Region}}
File:Wahlkreis Kabbe (Nord) (2014).svg
Kabbe North is a constituency in Namibia's Zambezi Region. The administrative centre of the constituency is the settlement of Kabbe, situated 53 kilometres south-east of the region's capital, Katima Mulilo. It has a population of 12,253 and covers an area of 1,183 km², resulting in a population density of approximately 10.36/km².https://www.citypopulation.de/en/namibia/admin/zambezi/01KN__kabbe_north/
Constituency Profile
Educational Institutions: There are five Primary Schools, five combined schools and one secondary school.
Health Facilities: There are three Clinicshttps://zambezirc.gov.na/kabbe-north
Politics
Kabbe North Constituency was created in August 2013 from the north-western part of Kabbe Constituency,{{Cite news | title=Creation of new regions and division and re-division of certain regions into constituencies: Regional Councils Act, 1992 | newspaper=Government Gazette of the Republic of Namibia | issue=5261 | page=26 | publisher=Government of Namibia | date=9 August 2013 | url=https://www.parliament.na/index.php/archive/category/39-2013?download=1979:5261&start=140 | format=pdf | archive-date=27 April 2021 | access-date=22 March 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210427123633/https://www.parliament.na/index.php/archive/category/39-2013?download=1979:5261&start=140 | url-status=dead }} following the Fourth Delimitation Commission of Namibia's recommendation to split Kabbe, and in preparation for the 2014 general election.{{cite news
|url=http://www.newera.com.na/articles/53580/President-divides-Kavango-into-two
|title=President divides Kavango into two
|last=Nakale
|first=Albertina
|date=9 August 2013
|newspaper=New Era
|publisher=via allafrica.com
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141022020857/http://www.newera.com.na/articles/53580/President-divides-Kavango-into-two
|archive-date=22 October 2014
|url-status=dead
}}
The 2015 regional election was won by Peter Mwala (SWAPO) with 1,487 votes, followed by Calvin Ngandi Ngandi (RDP) with 63 votes. As of 2020, the constituency had 3,916 registered voters. Bernard Kamwi Sisamu (SWAPO) became the councillor of Kabbe North Constituency after winning the 2020 regional election with 1,116 votes, ahead of Joseph Likando Matali (IPC) with 292 votes, and Cooks Mukuwa Muyoba (PDM) with 136 votes.{{Cite web | title=Regional Council 2020 Election Results | publisher=Electoral Commission of Namibia | date=18 January 2021 | series=Interactive map | url=http://elections.na | accessdate=9 March 2021}}
See also
References
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