Aranos

Aranos is a town in the Hardap Region of central South eastNamibia. The place normally receives an annual average rainfall of 188 millimetres (7.4 in), although in the 2010/2011 rainy season 505 millimetres (19.9 in) were measured.[2]

Aranos
Town
Aranos from bird's eye view (2017)
Nickname(s): 
Ses (6)
Aranos
Coordinates: 24°08′S 19°07′E
Country Namibia
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total3,683
Time zoneUTC+2 (South African Standard Time)
ClimateBWh

Politics

Until 2010 Aranos was governed by a 5-seat village council. Since it was upgraded to "town" status in 2010[3] there is now a town council that has seven seats.[4]

In the 2010 local authority election, SWAPO received the most votes with 546. The Democratic Turnhalle Alliance (DTA) finished in 2nd place with 205 votes, followed by the Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP, 186), SWANU (17) and the Congress of Democrats (15).[5] SWAPO also won the 2015 election, gaining four seats in the town council (598 votes). The RDP gained two seats (246 votes), and the DTA one (194).[6]

The 2020 local authority election was won by the newly formed Landless People's Movement (LPM) which scored well all over Hardap. LPM gained 745 votes and three seats in the town council, followed by SWAPO with two seats (465 votes), the likewise new Independent Patriots for Change (IPC) with one seat (283 votes) and the Popular Democratic Movement (PDM, the successor of the DTA), also with one seat and 90 votes.[7] The current mayor is Marline Claasen.

People

Aranos is the birthplace of former National Assembly member Jurie Viljoen[8] and human rights activist Pauline Dempers.[9]

  • Aranos High School (2017)

References
  1. "Table 4.2.2 Urban population by Census years (2001 and 2011)" (PDF). Namibia 2011 - Population and Housing Census Main Report. Namibia Statistics Agency. p. 39. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
  2. Menges, Werner (26 May 2011). "Rainy season was one for the record books". The Namibian. Archived from the original on 15 December 2011.
  3. Hartman, Adam (27 Aug 2010). "Town regrading a 'sad move'". The Namibian. Archived from the original on 2012-03-17.
  4. "Know Your Local Authority". Election Watch (3). Institute for Public Policy Research. 2015. p. 4.
  5. Local Authority results Archived July 17, 2011, at the Wayback Machine Electoral Commission of Namibia
  6. "Local elections results". Electoral Commission of Namibia. 28 November 2015. p. 2. Archived from the original on 10 December 2015. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
  7. "2020 Local Authority Elections Results and Allocation of Seats" (PDF). Electoral Commission of Namibia. 29 November 2020. p. 2. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  8. ELECTIONS 2009: MAG leading senior members New Era, 5 October 2009
  9. Pauline Dempers Archived 2011-06-11 at the Wayback Machine Namibia Institute for Democracy


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