Ruacana Constituency

Ruacana Constituency is an electoral constituency in the Omusati Region of Namibia on the border to Angola. It had 9,285 registered voters in 2020. Its district capital is the town of Ruacana. Ruacana Constituency covers an area of 5,377 km2 (2,076 sq mi). It had a population of 14,857 in 2011, down from 31,496 in 2001.

The constituency was created in 1998 from areas partly in Kunene Region. At that time, a Ruacana Constituency existed in Kunene, extending all the way to the Atlantic Ocean. As both the Ruacana Falls in the Kunene River and the town of Ruacana were moved to Omusati, the constituency in Kunene Region was renamed Epupa Constituency, and the new constituency got the name Ruacana.

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