Kavango West [SEP] inception
Kavango West
Kavango West is one of the fourteen regions of Namibia. Its capital is Nkurenkuru. The Region was created in 2013 when the Kavango Region was split into Kavango East and Kavango West.
In the north, Kavango West borders the Cuando Cubango Province of Angola. Domestically, it borders the following regions:
- Kavango East – east
- Otjozondjupa – south
- Oshikoto – west
- Ohangwena – northwest
Because of its rather higher rainfall than most other parts of Namibia, this region has agricultural
the recommendations. As a result, the new Regions of Kavango East and Kavango West have been created.
The first Governor of Kavango West was Samuel Mbambo, former Governor of Kavango Region and sitting Governor of Kavango East. On 27 April 2014 Sirkka Ausiku, formerly Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Regional and Local Government, Housing and Rural Development, was appointed. He kept his position in 2015 in president Hage Geingob new government.
In the 2015 regional elections Swapo won in all eight constituencies.
Population.