Koës
Koës | |
|---|---|
 Bird's Eye View of Koës (2015) | |
  Koës Location in Namibia | |
| Coordinates: 25°57′S 19°07′E / 25.950°S 19.117°E | |
| Country |  Namibia |
| Region | ǁKaras Region |
| Constituency | Keetmanshoop Rural constituency |
| Population (2023)[1] | |
• Total | 2,264 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Climate | BWh |
Koës is a village in the ǁKaras Region of south-eastern Namibia. It had 2,264 inhabitants in 2023.
Geography
[edit]Koës is situated on the edge of the Kalahari Desert and belongs to the Keetmanshoop Rural electoral constituency.[2] The average annual rainfall is about 150-200 mm.
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1,530 | — |
| 2023 | 2,264 | +3.32% |
| Source:[1] | ||
Economy and infrastructure
[edit]The vast majority of income in the district is generated on ranches in the surrounding area and stem from sheep, goat and cattle ranching for meat production purposes. The most common sheep breed farmed here, is the Dorper, with Persian, Damara, Van Rooy, Karakul and others to a lesser extent. Popular cattle breeds for this area are Nguni, Bonsmara, Brahman and various others to a lesser extent. Various sheep, cattle and goat stud breeders are registered in the area.
During the months of May - Aug (winter) meat hunting takes place on a large scale. Huntable species are Oryx (gemsbok), Springbok and Kudu. To a lesser extent, trophy hunting is also available.
Koës has a government primary school. There is also a post office, police station, village council, hotel, library, farmer's cooperative, general dealer and coffee shop.
The annual Koës Pan Rally is a DIY motorsports event that originated in 1985, held in the first week of July.[3][4]
Politics
[edit]Koës is governed by a village council that currently[update] has five seats.[5]
The 2015 local authority election was won by the SWAPO party which gained three seats (336 votes). One seat each went to the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance (DTA, 105 votes) and the Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP, 57 votes).[6] In the 2020 local authority election "serious procedural errors" were discovered for the Koës village council. Some voters had been handed ballot papers meant for Keetmanshoop. No initial result were announced, and the electoral court ordered a re-run.[7] The re-run was conducted on 26 February 2021 and won by the newly formed Landless People's Movement (LPM). LPM gained 376 votes and three seats in the village council, followed by SWAPO with two seats (274 votes).[8]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "4.5 Population by town and census years (2011 and 2023)" (PDF). Namibia 2023 - Population and Housing Census. Main Report. Namibia Statistics Agency. pp. 33–34. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
- ^ Sasman, Catherine (10 November 2010). "Karas profile". New Era. Archived from the original on 15 May 2012.
- ^ "The Koës Pan Rally - Namibia Tourism Board". namibiatourism.com.na. Retrieved 2020-12-13.
- ^ Namibian, The. "Cool Runnings on the Koës Pan". The Namibian. Retrieved 2020-12-13.
- ^ "Know Your Local Authority". Election Watch. No. 3. Institute for Public Policy Research. 2015. p. 4.
- ^ "Local elections results". Electoral Commission of Namibia. 28 November 2015. p. 3. Archived from the original on 10 December 2015.
- ^ Iikela, Sakeus (4 December 2020). "ECN files to nullify Aroab, Koës elections". The Namibian. p. 3.
- ^ "Final Results for the Rerun Elections for the Aroab, Koës, Stampriet Local Authorities and Mariental Rural Constituency" (PDF). Electoral Commission of Namibia. 27 February 2021. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
