Katutura Central


Katutura Central is a constituency in the Khomas Region of Namibia, comprising the extensions 2-5 and 7-11 of the suburb Katutura. Katutura is a township within Windhoek that was founded by the then apartheid government of Namibia for black people in the 1950s, when the previous township, Old Location, was converted into the suburb Hochland Park.
The majority of households in this constituency are headed by women. 74% of the employed residents work for other people instead of for companies. It had a population of 24,608 in 2011, up from 21,243 in 2001.

Politics

The 2015 regional elections were won by Ambrosius Kandjii of SWAPO with 3,009 votes. Joseph Kauandenge of the National Unity Democratic Organisation came second with 930 votes, followed by Bensen Katjirijova of the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance.