Divundu
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| Country | File:Flag of Namibia.svg Namibia |
| Region | Kavango East |
| Constituency | Mukwe Constituency |
| Settled | 1850 |
| Declared settlement area | 2009 |
| Proclaimed village | 2015 |
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| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
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| Number plate | DV |
| Climate | BSh |
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Divundu (1.090 m above sea level) is a village on the south-western banks of the Okavango River in the Kavango East Region of Namibia, 200 kilometres (120 mi) east of Rundu. Divundu is the homestead of the local Hambukushu kings and had a population of 5,787 inhabitants in 2023.
On the opposite, north-eastern banks of the river lies Kakutji in Angola, and the two settlements are linked via a nearby border post.
Economy and infrastructure
Divundu is situated on the Walvis Bay-Ndola-Lubumbashi Development Road, in Namibia designated the national road B8. It also connects south-east to Botswana via the C48.[2] Divundu has a National Traffic Information System (NaTIS) office and issues the number plate DV.[3]
The Divundu Correctional Facility is one of Namibia's seven major prisons.[4]
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| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 2011 | 746 | — |
| 2023 | 5,787 | +18.62% |
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Tourism
Game drives to the nearby national park, Bwabwata National Park, which is well known for the diversity of wildlife in typical riverine and swampland habitat, are popular amongst tourists. Tourists frequent the many nearby lodges, which offer boat cruises to the Popa Falls, as well as camping facilities and guided village tours to the local villages.
Politics
Divundu was declared a settlement area in 2009. In 2015 its status was upgraded to a village.[5] Since then, it is governed by a village council that has five seats.[6] Athanasius Ndjamba Maghumbo is the CEO of Divundu Village Council (DVC).[7]
SWAPO won the 2015 local authority election and gained four seats (631 votes). The remaining seat went to the All People's Party (APP) with 68 votes.[8] SWAPO also won the 2020 local authority election, obtaining 433 votes and gaining three seats. One seat each went to the APP (100 votes) and the Independent Patriots for Change (IPC), an opposition party formed in August 2020, that gained 49 votes.[9]
Notable people
- Raphael Dinyando (1960–2013), former Deputy Minister of Information and Broadcasting[10]
References
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- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."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 10 February 2026.
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Hamalwa, Festus (28 January 2025). "Five towns get green light to register vehicles". New Era.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Vatileni, Eino (15 February 2022). "743 convicts in jail for rape". The Namibian. p. 1.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Establishment of certain area as local authority area and declaration thereof as Divundu Village: Local Authorities Act, 1992" (pdf). Government Gazette of the Republic of Namibia. No. 5721. Government of Namibia. 1 April 2015. p. 2.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Know Your Local Authority". Election Watch. No. 3. Institute for Public Policy Research. 2015. p. 4.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Divundu Village Council appoints CEO". New Era Newspaper Namibia. 2016-07-27. Retrieved 2017-05-18.[dead link]
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Local elections results". Electoral Commission of Namibia. 28 November 2015. p. 4. Archived from the original on 10 December 2015. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."2020 Local Authority Elections Results and Allocation of Seats" (PDF). Electoral Commission of Namibia. 29 November 2020. p. 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 January 2021. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Immanuel, Shinovene (6 September 2013). "Dinyando was a humble technocrat, says Mbambo". The Namibian. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
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