Ondobe Constituency

{{short description|Electoral constituency in the Ohangwena region of northern Namibia}}

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Ondobe is a constituency in the Ohangwena Region of Namibia. It had 16,286 registered voters {{As of|2020|alt=in 2020}}.{{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=17 July 2021}}

Ondobe Constituency covers an area of {{Convert|1,810|sqkm|abbr=on}}. It contains the village of Okanghudi, the birthplace of Hifikepunye Pohamba, the second President of Namibia.{{cite news

|title=Pohamba at 72 full of vigour to steer the ship

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|date=17 August 2007

|url=http://www.economist.com.na/index.php?option=com_content&do_pdf=1&id=1545&showall=1}} The constituency office is located at Oshandi. It had a population of 23,954 in 2011, up from 22,253 in 2001.{{cite web | title=Chapter 2: Population Structure, Composition and Density | url=https://cms.my.na/assets/documents/p19dptss1r7ao1dp7d3b1oibgvoq.pdf | work=Ohangwena 2011 Census Regional Profile | publisher=Namibia Statistics Agency | access-date=1 January 2025 | page=4}} When in 2003 Omulonga Constituency was created at the recommendation of the Third Delimitation Commission of Namibia, and in preparation of the 2004 general election, Ondobe lost part of its territory and its inhabitants to the new constituency.{{Cite news | title=Re-division of certain regions into constituencies: Regional Councils Act, 1992 | newspaper=Government Gazette of the Republic of Namibia | issue=2942 | pages=7–10 | publisher=Government of Namibia | date=28 March 2003 | url=http://www.lac.org.na/laws/2003/2942.pdf | format=pdf}}

The constituency is sharing boundaries with Cunene Province in southern Angola in the North, Omulonga Constituency in the South, Omundaungilo Constituency in the North-East part, Eenhana in the South-East and Oshikango in the West.