Berseba is a constituency in the Karas Region of Namibia

Namibia

Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia , is a country in southern Africa whose western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and east. It gained independence from South Africa on 21 March...

. Its population is 9,195, the main settlement is Berseba

Berseba

Berseba is a village in the Karas Region of southern Namibia and the district capital of the Berseba electoral constituency...

. The first diamond

Diamond

In mineralogy, diamond is an allotrope of carbon, where the carbon atoms are arranged in a variation of the face-centered cubic crystal structure called a diamond lattice. Diamond is less stable than graphite, but the conversion rate from diamond to graphite is negligible at ambient conditions...

s in Namibia were found in this area in 1898, while oil was found in 1929. Berseba constituency contains the Brukkaros crater

Brukkaros Mountain

Brukkaros Mountain is a mountain in Karas Region, Namibia. Measuring 1,590 metres at its peak, Brukarros is located about 15 kilometres northeast of the primarily Nama community of Berseba. It is over 600 metres taller than the surrounding area....

 and the settlements of Helmeringhausen

Helmeringhausen

Helmeringhausen is a settlement in southern Namibia in the Berseba Constituency in the Karas Region. It is located 200 km northeast of Lüderitz and 500 km south of Windhoek on the crossing of the national roads C14 and C13 , and the road D414 .Helmeringhausen does not have an official governing...

, Tses

Tses

Tses is a village in Karas Region, Namibia with a population of approximately 1000; probably 1000 more live in the surrounding semi-desert farming hinterland. It is situated one kilometre off the main B1 highway from Windhoek to Cape Town and Johannesburg, opposite the turning to Berseba and...

, Bethanie

Bethanie

Bethanie is a village in southern Namibia, and is ranked as one of the oldest settlements in the country...

, and Goageb.

Politics

In the 2010 regional elections

Namibian local and regional elections, 2010

Namibia held elections for their local and regional councils on 26 and 27 November 2010. The terms of regional councillors and local authority representatives were originally set to expire in 2009...

, SWAPO's Dawid Boois

Dawid Boois

Dawid Boois is a Namibian politician and educator. A member of SWAPO, Boois was the Governor of the southern Karas Region and a member of the National Assembly from 2000-2005. In the 2010 regional elections, Boois won the Berseba Constituency with 1,225 votes...

 won the constituency with 1,225 votes. He defeated challengers was Aron Lucas Stephanus of RDP

Rally for Democracy and Progress (Namibia)

The Rally for Democracy and Progress is an opposition political party in Namibia. It was launched on November 17 2007 under the leadership of Hidipo Hamutenya and Jesaya Nyamu, both former leading members of the ruling SWAPO party and cabinet ministers. Hamutenya had unsuccessfully sought the SWAPO...

 (558 votes), Regina Kuhlman of DTA (397 votes), Hendrik Christiaan Humphries of the DP

Democratic Party of Namibia

The Democratic Party of Namibia is a political party in Namibia, launched in July 2008 at Keetmanshoop.Although it constitutes an initiative of the Nama people, the party plans to focus on all ethnic minorities in Namibia. It positions itself in clear opposition to SWAPO, the currently ruling party...

 (296 votes) and Bernardt Barry Stephanus of COD

Congress of Democrats

The Congress of Democrats is a political party in Namibia, led by Ben Ulenga. It is an opposition party represented in the National Assembly.The party is an observer of the Socialist International.- 2004 elections :...

(126 votes).