Khorixas Constituency

Khorixas is a constituency in the Kunene Region of northwestern Namibia.

[2] The name of this constituency comes from a derivation of the Khoekhoegowab word "Gorigas", which is a water bush that grows in the area.

This area is famous for the Ugab Terraces, a stone monolith that can be seen from afar.

In the 2004 regional election, Sebastian Ignatius ǃGobs of the United Democratic Front (UDF) beat out Theophelus ǁKhamuseb of SWAPO for the regional councillor position with a vote total of 2623 against 1643.

[4] In the 2020 regional election UDF's ǃGobs beat SWAPO's Xoagub with 1,677 votes to 1,112.

Khorixas constituency (red) in the Kunene Region (yellow) of Namibia