Linyanti (constituency)

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Linyanti constituency
Basic data
State
region
Namibia
Zambezi (region)
Population
area
District administrative seat
7328
3809
Linyanti (Namibia)
Election information

Registered voters
Eligible voters
Last election
Next election
Regional Councilor
Party

7727
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2015
2020
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Map of Linyanti (constituency) in Namibia
Flood plain in Linyanti

Linyanti is a constituency in the Zambezi Region in Namibia . The administrative seat is the locality of the same name Linyanti . The district has 7328 inhabitants (as of 2011).

Sangwali and the national parks of Mamili and Mudumu are also within the constituency .

In August 2013, the western half of the constituency was spun off and became its own constituency under the name Judea Lyaboloma .

Linyanti River

Linyanti is also a local name for the Cuando , which runs here as the border river between Namibia and Botswana , which gives its name to the place and a wildlife park on the Botswana side. On the northern, Namibian side, the river forms a marshland, which takes up large parts of the district ( Liambezi Lake ). Further downstream (from Ngoma ) the Cuando is also called Chobe.

Individual evidence

  1. 2011 Population and Housing Census, Zambezi Regional Tables based on the 4th Delimitation. Namibia Statistics Agency, 2014, p. 3ff ( Memento from February 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) accessed on February 24, 2015

Coordinates: 18 ° 4 ′  S , 24 ° 1 ′  E