 It had a population of 8,577 in 2011, up from 7,156 in 2001.In the 2010 regional elections, SWAPO's Uparura Michael Tjirare won the constituency with 1,102 votes.The defeated challengers were Josef Landuleni Nangolo of the Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP, 570 votes), Lisken Noabes of the United Democratic Front (UDF, 398 votes) and John Tjiuongua of the Congress of Democrats (CoD, 96 votes).