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Country
  
Namibia

Constituency
  
Omuthiyagwiipundi

Elevation
  
1,079 m

Population
  
3,794 (2011)

Region
  
Oshikoto Region

Climate
  
BSh

Local time
  
Friday 4:58 PM

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Time zone
  
South African Standard Time (UTC+1)

Weather
  
30°C, Wind SE at 8 km/h, 37% Humidity

Omuthiya Gwiipundi (short: Omuthiya) is the capital of Oshikoto Region in northern Namibia, situated approximately 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) from Etosha National Park. It has about 5,000 residents. Prior to Omuthiya, Tsumeb was the regional capital.

Contents

Map of Omuthiya, Namibia

Local authority elections

Omuthiya is governed by a town council that currently has seven seats.

In February 2008, the town was the center of an election controversy as the ruling SWAPO faced the Rally for Democracy and Progress in the town's first local authority election.

In 2010, SWAPO won Omuthiya with approximately 92% of the votes.

References

Omuthiya Wikipedia