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SWAPO won again over each individual opposition party but lost the majority of seats in the town council. SWAPO obtained 398 votes and gained three seats. Two seats went to the UDF which gained 260 votes, and one seat each went to the
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Usakos is riddled with poverty and alcohol abuse and the unemployment rate, as of 2012, was around 60%. Unlike other
Namibian towns, it has not seen substantial development since independence in 1990.
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and a repair shop which was used until the 1960s. When mining operations slowed down, Usakos' importance faded quickly. Today it is just a drive-through from the
Namibian inland to the coast.
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Surrounded by mountains, Usakos is quite picturesque. Certain spots around the town show the longest uninterrupted horizon in the world. It is the closest town to the
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Historic buildings and structures in Usakos are the Roman
Catholic church (erected 1905), the now dilapidated railway station building, and the old hotel.
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Usakos was downgraded from municipal to town status in 2010. It is since then governed by a town council that has seven seats.
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won with approximately 47% of the vote. Of the three other parties seeking votes in the election,
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The settlement was founded in the early 1900s as a workshop and watering station for locomotives.
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759:"2020 Local Authority Elections Results and Allocation of Seats"
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Usakos is the hometown of the following prominent politicians:
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526:"Table 4.2.2 Urban population by Census years (2001 and 2011)"
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455:(IPC, newly formed in August 2020) with 163 votes and the
427:(UDF) received approximately 31% of the vote, followed by
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sold the land to
Europeans who resold it in 1903 to the
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Housing Census Main Report
324:(Trans-Kalahari Highway), the main road between the
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489:, former Member of Parliament from 1999 to 2009
735:. 28 November 2015. p. 1. Archived from
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717:Local Authority Election Results for Usakos
495:, former Minister of Land and Resettlement
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606:"ELECTIONS 2010: Erongo regional profile"
561:. Henckert Tourist Centre. Archived from
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586:"Windhoek?! Rather make that Otjomuise"
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304:) is a town on the banks of river
61:Aerial photograph of Usakos (2018)
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650:"Unemployment rips Usakos apart"
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453:Independent Patriots for Change
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768:. 29 November 2020. p. 5
702:"Know Your Local Authority".
671:"Town regrading a 'sad move'"
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448:2020 local authority election
441:Democratic Turnhalle Alliance
417:2010 local authority election
506:Usakos Reformed Church (NGK)
476:National Assembly of Namibia
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612:. 16 November 2010.
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222:Irene Simeon-Kurtz
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