Editing Dâures Constituency

{{Short description | Electoral constituency in the Erongo region of eastern central Namibia}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2024}}
{{Contains special characters|Khoekhoe}}
[[File:Wahlkreis Daures (2014).svg|thumb|300px|Dâures constituency (red) in the Erongo Region]]
'''Dâures''' ({{langx|naq|Brandberg}},<ref name="Malan">{{cite book
|last=Malan
|first=Johan S
|title=Die Völker Namibias
|trans-title=The Tribes of Namibia
|year=1998
|publisher=Klaus Hess
|location=Windhoek, Göttingen
|language=German
|pages=134–135}}</ref> until 1998: '''Brandberg Constituency'''<ref>{{Cite news | title=Re-division of certain regions into constituencies: Regional Councils Act, 1992 | newspaper=Government Gazette of the Republic of Namibia | issue=1940 | page=20 | publisher=[[Government of Namibia]] | date=31 August 1998 | url=http://www.lac.org.na/laws/1998/1940.pdf | format=pdf}}</ref>) is a constituency in the [[Erongo Region]] of [[Namibia]]. It is named after the tallest mountain in Namibia, the [[Brandberg Mountain|Brandberg]]. It had a population of 11,350 in 2011, an increase from 10,289 in 2001.<ref name=regErongo>{{cite web | title=Chapter 2: Population Structure, Composition and Density | url=https://cms.my.na/assets/documents/p19dptss1rt6erfri0a1k3q1mrhm.pdf | work=2011 Population and Housing Census - Erongo Regional Profile | publisher=[[Namibia Statistics Agency]] | access-date=4 November 2024 | page=4}}</ref> {{As of|2020}} the constituency had 7,882 registered voters.<ref name=election2020>{{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=16 March 2021 | archive-date=12 June 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210612210020/https://elections.na/ | url-status=dead }}</ref>

Dâures Constituency covers {{Convert|17786.6|sqkm|abbr=on}} of land.<ref name=regErongo/> It extends from the national road [[B2 road (Namibia)|B2]] to the [[Ugab River]] and has a radius of approximately 120&nbsp;km.<ref name="ne">{{cite news|title= Omatjette wants split from Daures|first= Desie|last= Heita|newspaper= [[New Era (Namibia)|New Era]]|date= 20 April 2010|url= http://www.newera.com.na/article.php?articleid=10539|url-status= dead|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20110716055427/http://www.newera.com.na/article.php?articleid=10539|archivedate= 16 July 2011}}</ref> Largest settlement in the constituency and seat of the constituency office is [[Uis]]. It also contains the settlements of [[Okombahe]] and [[Omatjette]], as well as the smaller populated places of [[Grootspitzkop]], [[Odama, Namibia|Odama]], [[Omihana]],  [[Okamapuku]], [[Otjohorongo]], [[Ovitua]], [[Ozondati]] and [[Tubusis]].<ref name="ne2">{{cite news
 |url         = http://www.newera.com.na/article.php?articleid=38080
 |title       = Daures to turn over a new leaf – Katjiku
 |last        = Ekongo
 |first       = John
 |date        = 31 March 2011
 |newspaper   = [[New Era (Namibia)|New Era]]
 |url-status     = dead
 |archiveurl  = https://web.archive.org/web/20120331025617/http://www.newera.com.na/article.php?articleid=38080
 |archivedate = 31 March 2012
}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | title=Constituencies | publisher=Erongo Regional Council | url=http://www.erc.com.na/maps/constituencies | accessdate=13 January 2024}}</ref>

==Politics==
Dâures has been a [[United Democratic Front (Namibia)|United Democratic Front]] (UDF) dominated constituency since its establishment in 1992. In the [[2004 Namibian local and regional elections|2004 regional election]] UDF politician [[Apius Auchab]] received 1,882 of the 3,445 votes cast and became councillor.<ref>{{Cite news | title=Electoral Act, 1992: Notification of Result of General Election for Regional Councils | newspaper=Government Gazette of the Republic of Namibia | issue=3366 | page=12 | publisher=[[Government of Namibia]] | date=3 January 2005 | url=http://www.lac.org.na/laws/2005/3366.pdf | format=pdf}}</ref> Only in the [[Namibian local and regional elections, 2010|2010 regional elections]], the [[South West Africa People's Organization]] (SWAPO) took the lead for the first time with Ernst Katjiku getting 1,394 votes, 23 more votes than Auchab of the UDF (1,371 votes).<ref name="ne2"/> Fredrika Gertze of the [[National Unity Democratic Organisation]] received 207 votes and Seth Angalie Manga of the [[Rally for Democracy and Progress (Namibia)|Rally for Democracy and Progress]] received 195 votes.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ecn.na/results/2010/Press_Release_Constituency%5B1%5D%20-%20Erongo%20-%20Daures.pdf |title=Election results from Electoral Commission of Namibia |access-date=2 January 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717175842/http://www.ecn.na/results/2010/Press_Release_Constituency%5B1%5D%20-%20Erongo%20-%20Daures.pdf |archive-date=17 July 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In the [[Namibian local and regional elections, 2015|2015 regional elections]] the constituency went back to the UDF with Joram Kennedy ǃHaoseb winning 1589 votes against Katjiku's 1390.<ref>{{cite news
|url=https://www.newera.com.na/2015/11/28/udf-upsets-swapo-daures/
|title=UDF upsets Swapo in Daures
|date=30 November 2015
|newspaper=[[New Era (Namibia)|New Era]]}}</ref> I was the only constituency won by the UDF in these elections.<ref>{{Cite news | title=Mixed results for opposition in regional polls | last=Menges | first=Werner | newspaper=[[The Namibian]] | date=29 November 2015 | url=http://www.namibian.com.na/index.php?page=read&id=34606}}</ref> ǃHaoseb was reelected in the [[2020 Namibian local and regional elections|2020 regional election]], winning the constituency with 1,448 votes. SWAPO was again runner-up, its candidate Theresia Inecia Brandt received 1,147 votes. In third place was Abiud Uaja Karongee, an [[independent candidate]]. He obtained 481 votes.<ref name=election2020/>

==Economy and infrastructure==
Apart from the B2 on which it borders, Dâures constituency contains only [[gravel road|untarred roads]]. The main economic activity is agriculture.<ref name="ne2"/>

==References==
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{{Constituencies of the Erongo Region}}

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