[2] The constituency is entirely rural with commercial farms accounting for 95% of its 24,879 square kilometres (9,606 sq mi) area.
[3] Other populated places are Kalkfeld, Hochfeld and Ovitoto, as well as the Osire refugee camp and the Osona military base.
In the 2004 regional election, South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) candidate Issaskar Kaunakao Kaujeua received 1,691 of the 3,244 votes cast and became councillor.
[5] Omatako is one of only a few Namibian constituencies that changed their political vote in the 2015 regional election and opted for a non-SWAPO councillor.
Helga Tjipe of the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance (DTA) also ran and gained 156 votes.