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Guinas Constituency is an electoral constituency in the Oshikoto Region of Namibia. It has 8,435 inhabitants and consists of the rural area surrounding the mining town of Tsumeb. Larger settlements in the Guinas constituency are Oshivelo and Tsintsabis.
The constituency is named after Lake Guinas.
Politics
Guinas constituency is traditionally a stronghold of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) party.
In the Namibian general election, 2009, Hifikepunye Pohamba received approximately 77% of the votes in Guinas. Hidipo Hamutenya finished in second place with approximately 10% of the vote. In the 2015 local and regional elections the SWAPO candidate won uncontested and became councillor after no opposition party nominated a candidate.
References
Guinas Constituency Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA