Keetmanshoop Rural is an electoral 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...

. It contains the Krönlein suburb of Keetmanshoop

Keetmanshoop

Keetmanshoop is a city in Karas Region, southern Namibia, lying on the Trans-Namib Railway from Windhoek to Upington in South Africa. It is named after Johann Keetman, a German industrialist and founder of the city....

 and the villages of Koës

Koës

Koës is a village in the Karas Region of south-eastern Namibia. It belongs to the Keetmanshoop Rural electoral constituency.-References:...

 and Aroab

Aroab

Aroab is a village with a population of approximately 2500 in the Keetmanshoop district in the Karas region in the southeast of Namibia. Being situated on the edge of the Kalahari desert, the average annual rainfall is about 150-200mm...

, the settlements of Seeheim

Seeheim

Seeheim is a settlement in Karas Region, southern Namibia. The only notable structures in Seeheim today are the hotel and the railway station; only a handful of people live there. Seeheim belongs to the Keetmanshoop Rural electoral constituency.- History :...

 and Klein Karas, as well as several farming communities in the area. The constituency office is situated in Aroab.

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 Jims Christiaan won the constituency with 736 votes. He defeated challengers was Simon Johannes Jantze of RDP

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...

 (648 votes), Bartholomeus Rooi of DTA (433 votes) and Joseph Isaaks of the COD

Congress of Democrats

The Congress of Democrats is a political party in Namibia, led by Ben Ulenga. It is an opposition party represented in the National Assembly.The party is an observer of the Socialist International.- 2004 elections :...

 (88 votes).

Keetmanshoop Rural was represented by Aroab

Aroab

Aroab is a village with a population of approximately 2500 in the Keetmanshoop district in the Karas region in the southeast of Namibia. Being situated on the edge of the Kalahari desert, the average annual rainfall is about 150-200mm...

 schoolteacher Willem Appollus

Willem Appollus

Willem Rudolph Appollus is a Namibian politician and schoolteacher. Appollus joined SWAPO in the late 1980s and represented Keetmanshoop Rural in the National Council of Namibia from 2004-2010.-Career:...

from 1998-2004. He was also a member of SWAPO.