It is part of the Cuvelai Basin and dominated by flood plains which become swamps during the raining season.
There are no other proclaimed roads in the constituency; Transport is done on tracks that frequently become impassable during the raining season.
[5] Ompundja constituency is traditionally a stronghold of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) party.
The constituency's councillor is SWAPO politician Adolf Uunona, who has been serving in this role since 2004[6] when he received 1,686 of the 1,697 votes cast in the 2004 regional election.
[7] In the 2015 Namibian regional elections, Uunona won uncontested and remained councillor after no opposition party nominated a candidate.