Aranos

Aranos
Town
Aranos from bird's eye view (2017)
Aranos
Coordinates: 24°08′S 19°07′E / 24.133°S 19.117°E / -24.133; 19.117Coordinates: 24°08′S 19°07′E / 24.133°S 19.117°E / -24.133; 19.117
Country  Namibia
Population (2011)[1]
 • Total 3,683
Time zone UTC+2 (South African Standard Time)
Climate BWh

Aranos is a town in the Hardap Region of central Namibia. The place normally receives an annual average rainfall of 188 millimetres (7.4 in), although in the 2010/2011 rainy season 505 millimetres (19.9 in) were measured.[2]

Politics

Until 2010 Aranos was governed by a 5-seat village council. Since it was upgraded to "town" status in 2010[3] there is now a town council that has seven seats.[4]

In the 2010 local authority election, SWAPO received the most votes with 546. The Democratic Turnhalle Alliance (DTA) finished in 2nd place with 205 votes, followed by the Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP, 186), SWANU (17) and the Congress of Democrats (15).[5] SWAPO also won the 2015 election, gaining four seats in the town council (598 votes). The RDP gained two seats (246 votes), and the DTA one (194).[6]

People

Aranos is the birthplace of former member of the National Assembly of Namibia Jurie Viljoen [7] and human rights activist Pauline Dempers.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Table 4.2.2 Urban population by Census years (2001 and 2011)" (PDF). Namibia 2011 - Population and Housing Census Main Report. Namibia Statistics Agency. p. 39. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
  2. ↑ Menges, Werner (26 May 2011). "Rainy season was one for the record books". The Namibian. Archived from the original on 15 December 2011.
  3. ↑ Hartman, Adam (27 Aug 2010). "Town regrading a 'sad move'". The Namibian. Archived from the original on 2012-03-17.
  4. ↑ "Know Your Local Authority". Election Watch (3). Institute for Public Policy Research. 2015. p. 4.
  5. ↑ Local Authority results Archived July 17, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. Electoral Commission of Namibia
  6. ↑ "Local elections results". Electoral Commission of Namibia. 28 November 2015. p. 2.
  7. ↑ ELECTIONS 2009: MAG leading senior members New Era, 5 October 2009
  8. ↑ Pauline Dempers Archived 2011-06-11 at the Wayback Machine. Namibia Institute for Democracy


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