Kalkrand

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'''Kalkrand''' is a village in the [[Hardap Region]] of southern central [[Namibia]]. It had 1,602 inhabitants in 2023.

==Geography== Kalkrand is situated between [[Rehoboth, Namibia|Rehoboth]] and [[Mariental, Namibia|Mariental]] on the national road [[B1 road (Namibia)|B1]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.namibian.com.na/news-articles/national/full-story/archive/2011/september/article/kalkrand-council-mired-in-controversy/ |title=Kalkrand council mired in controversy |last=Sasman |first=Catherine |date=16 September 2011 |work=[[The Namibian]] |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130221064801/http://www.namibian.com.na/news-articles/national/full-story/archive/2011/september/article/kalkrand-council-mired-in-controversy/ |archivedate=21 February 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.southernnamibia.com/kalkrand.htm |title=Kalkrand |access-date=2011-12-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110909113326/http://www.southernnamibia.com/kalkrand.htm |archive-date=2011-09-09 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The village features a petrol station, schools, a police station and a public clinic. The inhabitants mainly live from small livestock and cattle farming.

{{Historical populations|2011|830|2023|1,602|percentages=pagr|align=none|footnote=Source:<ref name=nsa2023>{{cite web | title=4.5 Population by town and census years (2011 and 2023) | url=https://nsa.org.na/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/2023-Population-and-Housing-Census-Main-Report-28-Oct-2024.pdf | work=Namibia 2023 - Population and Housing Census. Main Report | publisher=[[Namibia Statistics Agency]] | access-date=14 November 2024 | pages=33–34}}</ref>}} ==Politics==

Kalkrand is governed by a village council that has five seats.<ref>{{Cite news | title=Know Your Local Authority | publisher=Institute for Public Policy Research | newspaper=Election Watch | year = 2015 | issue=3 | page=4}}</ref>

The [[Namibian local and regional elections, 2015|2015 local authority election]] was won by the [[SWAPO]] party which gained four seats (399 votes). The remaining seat went to the [[Rally for Democracy and Progress (Namibia)|Rally for Democracy and Progress]] (RDP) which obtained 121 votes).<ref>{{cite web | title=Local elections results | publisher=[[Electoral Commission of Namibia]] | page=2 | url=http://www.ecn.na/documents/27857/218731/LA+results+%28press+release%29+2015.pdf/870a030b-8547-487f-ad18-b22713b16d4c?version=1.0 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151210194328/http://www.ecn.na/documents/27857/218731/LA+results+%28press+release%29+2015.pdf/870a030b-8547-487f-ad18-b22713b16d4c?version=1.0 | url-status=dead | archive-date=10 December 2015 | date=28 November 2015 }}</ref> The [[2020 Namibian local and regional elections|2020 local authority election]] was won by the newly formed [[Landless People's Movement (Namibia)|Landless People's Movement]] (LPM) which scored well all over Hardap. LPM gained 312 votes and two seats, followed by SWAPO, also with two seats (234 votes). The likewise new [[Independent Patriots for Change]] (IPC) won 97 votes and the remaining village council seat.<ref>{{Cite web | title=2020 Local Authority Elections Results and Allocation of Seats | page=2 | date=29 November 2020 | publisher=[[Electoral Commission of Namibia]] | url=https://www.ecn.na/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Media-Release-on-LA-Results_2020.pdf | accessdate=3 December 2020 | archive-date=24 January 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210124162938/https://www.ecn.na/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Media-Release-on-LA-Results_2020.pdf | url-status=dead }}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

[[Category:Populated places in the Hardap Region]] [[Category:Villages in Namibia]]