Koës
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Koës is a village in the ǁKaras Region of south-eastern Namibia. It had 2,264 inhabitants in 2023.
Geography
Koës is situated on the edge of the Kalahari Desert and belongs to the Keetmanshoop Rural electoral constituency.{{cite news
|title=Karas profile
|last=Sasman
|first=Catherine
|newspaper=New Era
|date=10 November 2010
|url=http://www.newera.com.na/article.php?articleid=36146
|url-status=dead
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120515225921/http://www.newera.com.na/article.php?articleid=36146
|archivedate=15 May 2012
}} The average annual rainfall is about 150-200 mm.
{{Historical populations|2011|1,530|2023|2,264|percentages=pagr|align=none|footnote=Source:{{cite web | title=4.5 Population by town and census years (2011 and 2023) | url=https://nsa.org.na/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/2023-Population-and-Housing-Census-Main-Report-28-Oct-2024.pdf | work=Namibia 2023 - Population and Housing Census. Main Report | publisher=Namibia Statistics Agency | access-date=23 November 2024 | pages=33–34}}}}
Economy and infrastructure
The vast majority of income in the district is generated on ranches in the surrounding area and stem from sheep, goat and cattle ranching for meat production purposes. The most common sheep breed farmed here, is the Dorper, with Persian, Damara, Van Rooy, Karakul and others to a lesser extent. Popular cattle breeds for this area are Nguni, Bonsmara, Brahman and various others to a lesser extent. Various sheep, cattle and goat stud breeders are registered in the area.
During the months of May - Aug (winter) meat hunting takes place on a large scale. Huntable species are Oryx (gemsbok), Springbok and Kudu. To a lesser extent, trophy hunting is also available.
Koës has a government primary school. There is also a post office, police station, village council, hotel, library, farmer's cooperative, general dealer and coffee shop.
The annual Koës Pan Rally is a DIY motorsports event that originated in 1985, held in the first week of July.{{Cite web|title=The Koës Pan Rally - Namibia Tourism Board|url=https://namibiatourism.com.na/blog/The-Ko%C3%ABs-Pan-Rally|access-date=2020-12-13|website=namibiatourism.com.na}}{{Cite web|last=Namibian|first=The|title=Cool Runnings on the Koës Pan|url=https://www.namibian.com.na/index.php?page=archive-read&id=139164|access-date=2020-12-13|website=The Namibian|language=en}}
Politics
Koës is governed by a village council that {{As of|November 2015|alt=currently}} has five seats.{{Cite news | title=Know Your Local Authority | publisher=Institute for Public Policy Research | newspaper=Election Watch | year = 2015 | issue=3 | page=4}}
The 2015 local authority election was won by the SWAPO party which gained three seats (336 votes). One seat each went to the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance (DTA, 105 votes) and the Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP, 57 votes).{{cite web | title=Local elections results | publisher=Electoral Commission of Namibia | page=3 | url=http://www.ecn.na/documents/27857/218731/LA+results+%28press+release%29+2015.pdf/870a030b-8547-487f-ad18-b22713b16d4c?version=1.0 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151210194328/http://www.ecn.na/documents/27857/218731/LA+results+%28press+release%29+2015.pdf/870a030b-8547-487f-ad18-b22713b16d4c?version=1.0 | url-status=dead | archive-date=10 December 2015 | date=28 November 2015 }} In the 2020 local authority election "serious procedural errors" were discovered for the Koës village council. Some voters had been handed ballot papers meant for Keetmanshoop. No initial result were announced, and the electoral court ordered a re-run.{{cite news | last=Iikela | first=Sakeus | title=ECN files to nullify Aroab, Koës elections | url=https://www.namibian.com.na/206922/archive-read/ECN-files-to-nullify-Aroab-Koës-elections | date=4 December 2020 | newspaper=The Namibian | page=3 }}{{Dead link|date=July 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} The re-run was conducted on 26 February 2021 and won by the newly formed Landless People's Movement (LPM). LPM gained 376 votes and three seats in the village council, followed by SWAPO with two seats (274 votes).{{Cite web | title=Final Results for the Rerun Elections for the Aroab, Koës, Stampriet Local Authorities and Mariental Rural Constituency | date=27 February 2021 | publisher=Electoral Commission of Namibia | url=https://www.ecn.na/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/ELECTION-RESULTS2021.pdf | access-date=7 March 2021 }}{{Dead link|date=July 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
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