Karasburg is a constituency in the Karas Region

Karas Region

The Karas Region is the southernmost region of Namibia. The name assigned to the region reflects the prominence of the Karas mountain range in its southern part...

 of Namibia

Namibia

Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia , is a country in southern Africa whose western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and east. It gained independence from South Africa on 21 March...

, with a population of 16,000. The main towns are Karasburg

Karasburg

Karasburg is city of 4,000 inhabitants in the Karas Region of southern Namibia and the district capital of the Karasburg electoral constituency. It lies at the heart of the southern Namibian sheep farming industry.- Location :...

 and Grünau

Grünau, Namibia

Grünau is a settlement in southern Namibia, west of Karasburg in the Karas region. It is linked to the South African border posts near Noordoewer via the B1 and Nakop via the B3. Grünau belongs to the Karasburg electoral constituency.-References:...

; other populated places include Warmbad

Warmbad, Namibia

Warmbad is a settlement located in the Karas Region of southern Namibia. It is situated south of Karasburg at the Homs River, close to the border with South Africa, and belongs to the Karasburg electoral constituency.First occupied by traders, hunters, and missionaries of different congregations,...

 and Aussenkehr

Aussenkehr

Aussenkehr is a farm on the banks of the Orange River in the south of Namibia hard on the border with South Africa. Aussenkehr falls within the Karasburg Constituency of the Karas Region and is situated downstream of Noordoewer. Over time, Aussenkehr has evolved into a large settlement...

, and the border settlements of Ariamsvlei

Ariamsvlei

Ariamsvlei is a small border post between Namibia and South Africa, located 70 km east of Karasburg on the national road B3. It lies at 804 metres above sea level. The border post on the South African side is called Nakop....

 and Noordoewer

Noordoewer

Noordoewer is a town in southern Namibia. Its name means 'North Bank' in Afrikaans, in reference to the north bank of the Orange River, on which it is located...

. The Orange River

Orange River

The Orange River , Gariep River, Groote River or Senqu River is the longest river in South Africa. It rises in the Drakensberg mountains in Lesotho, flowing westwards through South Africa to the Atlantic Ocean...

 forms part of the southern border of this constituency.

Economic activities in this constituency are mainly small-stock farming, and near the Orange River, grape production.

Politics

In the 2010 regional elections

Namibian local and regional elections, 2010

Namibia held elections for their local and regional councils on 26 and 27 November 2010. The terms of regional councillors and local authority representatives were originally set to expire in 2009...

, SWAPO's Paulus Ephraim won the constituency with 1,577 votes. He defeated challengers was Desmund Desiderius Andreas of the Rally for Democracy and Progress

Rally for Democracy and Progress (Namibia)

The Rally for Democracy and Progress is an opposition political party in Namibia. It was launched on November 17 2007 under the leadership of Hidipo Hamutenya and Jesaya Nyamu, both former leading members of the ruling SWAPO party and cabinet ministers. Hamutenya had unsuccessfully sought the SWAPO...

 (839 votes) and Irene Margaret Loberloth of the Democratic Party of Namibia

Democratic Party of Namibia

The Democratic Party of Namibia is a political party in Namibia, launched in July 2008 at Keetmanshoop.Although it constitutes an initiative of the Nama people, the party plans to focus on all ethnic minorities in Namibia. It positions itself in clear opposition to SWAPO, the currently ruling party...

(364 votes).