Windhoek Rural


Windhoek Rural is a constituency in the Khomas Region of Namibia. Its district capital is the settlement of Groot Aub. It had a population of 22,254 in 2011, up from 20,212 in 2001. This constituency contains all settlements in the Khomas Region that are outside the city of Windhoek, among them:
The main economic activity in this constituency is farming and related work like gardening, seed production, and firewood collection; 90% of the area consists of commercial farms.

Politics

The 2004 regional election was won by Frederick Arie of the SWAPO Party who took over from Albert Tsuoub of the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance.
The 2015 regional election were also won by SWAPO whose Penina Ita gained 2,372 votes. Willem Hendrik Vries of the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance came second with 848 votes, followed by Bernard Gaoseb of the Republican Party with 415 votes.