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.infobox-above{font-size:125%;line-height:1.3em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-subheader{background-color:#cddeff;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-native{font-weight:normal;padding-top:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-other-name{font-size:78%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-official{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption{padding:0.3em 0 0 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption-link{padding:0.2em 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-nickname{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-fn{font-weight:normal;display:inline}</style><table class="infobox ib-settlement vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="fn org">Gibeon</div> <div class="nickname ib-settlement-native">Khaxa-tsûs</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category"><a href="/wiki/List_of_villages_and_settlements_in_Namibia" title="List of villages and settlements in Namibia">Village</a></div></td></tr><tr 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.mw-parser-output .od .pr>div{background:#fff!important;color:#000!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .locmap{filter:grayscale(0.6)}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data .locmap div{background:transparent!important}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .locmap{filter:grayscale(0.6)}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pv>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pl>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pr>div{background:white!important;color:#000!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data .locmap div{background:transparent!important}}</style><div class="center"><div class="locmap" style="width:250px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:250px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:250px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Namibia_location_map.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Gibeon is located in Namibia"><img alt="Gibeon is located in Namibia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Namibia_location_map.svg/250px-Namibia_location_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="241" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Namibia_location_map.svg/375px-Namibia_location_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Namibia_location_map.svg/500px-Namibia_location_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1300" data-file-height="1252" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:66.094%;left:45.717%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Gibeon"><img alt="Gibeon" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" 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href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Gibeon,_Namibia&params=25_07_28_S_17_45_58_E_type:city(4120)_region:NA-HA"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">25°07′28″S</span> <span class="longitude">17°45′58″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">25.12444°S 17.76611°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">-25.12444; 17.76611</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_Namibia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Namibia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_Namibia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Namibia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_Namibia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Namibia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Namibia" title="Namibia">Namibia</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Regions_of_Namibia" title="Regions of Namibia">Region</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Hardap_Region" title="Hardap Region">Hardap Region</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Constituencies_of_Namibia" class="mw-redirect" title="Constituencies of Namibia">Constituency</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Gibeon_Constituency" title="Gibeon Constituency">Gibeon Constituency</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kido_Witbooi" title="Kido Witbooi">Kido Witbooi</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2023)<sup id="cite_ref-nsa2023_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nsa2023-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">4,120</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B2" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+2">UTC+2</a> (<a href="/wiki/South_African_Standard_Time" class="mw-redirect" title="South African Standard Time">South African Standard Time</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification" title="Köppen climate classification">Climate</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Desert_climate#Hot_desert_climates" title="Desert climate">BWh</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-image{padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-imageright{padding:2px 0.9em 2px 0;text-align:center}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .side-box-flex{display:flex;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{flex:1;min-width:0}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .side-box{width:238px}.mw-parser-output .side-box-right{clear:right;float:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-left{margin-right:1em}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1092331828">@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .contains-special-characters{width:22em}}</style><div class="side-box metadata side-box-right contains-special-characters noprint selfref"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-image"><span class="skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Clicks.svg/28px-Clicks.svg.png" decoding="async" width="28" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Clicks.svg/42px-Clicks.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Clicks.svg/56px-Clicks.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="35" data-file-height="50" /></span></span></div> <div class="side-box-text plainlist"><b>This article contains <a href="/wiki/Click_consonant" title="Click consonant">click symbols</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Khoekhoe_language" title="Khoekhoe language">Khoekhoe language</a>.</b> Without proper <a href="/wiki/Help:Multilingual_support#Khoekhoe" title="Help:Multilingual support">rendering support</a>, you may see <a href="/wiki/Specials_(Unicode_block)#Replacement_character" title="Specials (Unicode block)">question marks, boxes, or other symbols</a>.</div></div> </div> <p><b>Gibeon</b> (<a href="/wiki/Nama_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Nama language">Nama</a>: Khaxa-tsûs) is a village in <a href="/wiki/Gibeon_Constituency" title="Gibeon Constituency">Gibeon Constituency</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Hardap_Region" title="Hardap Region">Hardap Region</a> of <a href="/wiki/Namibia" title="Namibia">Namibia</a>. The village had 4,120 inhabitants in 2023. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gibeon,_Namibia&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Gibeon, originally known by the name Khaxa-tsûs, received its name from <a href="/wiki/Kido_Witbooi" title="Kido Witbooi">Kido Witbooi</a>, first <a href="/wiki/Tribal_chief" title="Tribal chief">Kaptein</a> of the <a href="/wiki/%C7%80Khowesin" title="ǀKhowesin">ǀKhowesin</a>, a subtribe of the <a href="/wiki/Oorlam_people" title="Oorlam people">Orlam</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-KDW_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KDW-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He arrived with his followers in about 1850, shortly after a <a href="/wiki/Rhenish_Missionary_Society" title="Rhenish Missionary Society">Rhenish mission station</a> was established here.<sup id="cite_ref-NDict_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NDict-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Gibeon has been the home town of this group, subsequently also known as the <i>Witbooi Nama</i>, ever since.<sup id="cite_ref-Dedering_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dedering-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Buildings_and_structures">Buildings and structures</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gibeon,_Namibia&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Buildings and structures"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Gibeon_Railway_Station" class="mw-redirect" title="Gibeon Railway Station">Gibeon Railway Station</a> is located in the village. The station is a stop on the <a href="/wiki/TransNamib" title="TransNamib">TransNamib Railway</a>. It is also home to a public sports stadium. The stadium was built in 1986 and fell into disrepair by 1993. In 2003, the Ministry of Sport of Namibia budgeted <a href="/wiki/Namibian_dollar" title="Namibian dollar">N$</a> 450,000 for repairs and awarded part of the <a href="/wiki/Public_tender" class="mw-redirect" title="Public tender">public tender</a> to Namibia Renovations, but the company disappeared days after winning the tender and their whereabouts could not be confirmed. As of December 2007, none of the repairs have been completed. When the stadium was operational, it was known for its "excellent" gravel playing surface, which attracted teams from larger towns in southern Namibia.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gibeon,_Namibia&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1261442011">.mw-parser-output .abbr-header{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-bottom:none;background-color:lavender}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .caption-purple{background:inherit!important}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .caption-purple{background:inherit!important}}.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-top:none;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:5px}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border-top:1px #a2a9b1 solid!important}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:none}}</style><table class="table-pale" style="width:15em;border-top-width:0;border-spacing: 0;float:none;clear:none;margin:0.5em 1em 0.5em 0;"><caption class="caption-purple" style="padding:0.25em;font-weight:bold">Historical population</caption><tbody><tr style="font-size:95%"><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;width:3em">Year</th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px 2px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Population" class="abbr-header">Pop.</abbr></th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Per annum growth rate" class="abbr-header">±% p.a.</abbr></th></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2011</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">2,244</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">—    </td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2023</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">4,120</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+5.19%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);font-size:85%;text-align:left">Sources:<sup id="cite_ref-nsa2023_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nsa2023-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Weather_and_climate">Weather and climate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gibeon,_Namibia&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Weather and climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Gibeon normally receives an annual average rainfall of 148 millimetres (5.8 in), although in the 2010/2011 rainy season 494 millimetres (19.4 in) were measured.<sup id="cite_ref-Nam2011_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nam2011-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Gibeon_meteorite">Gibeon meteorite</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gibeon,_Namibia&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Gibeon meteorite"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Gibeon-meteorite-in-Post-Street-Mall.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Gibeon-meteorite-in-Post-Street-Mall.jpg/250px-Gibeon-meteorite-in-Post-Street-Mall.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="154" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Gibeon-meteorite-in-Post-Street-Mall.jpg/375px-Gibeon-meteorite-in-Post-Street-Mall.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Gibeon-meteorite-in-Post-Street-Mall.jpg/500px-Gibeon-meteorite-in-Post-Street-Mall.jpg 2x" data-file-width="934" data-file-height="574" /></a><figcaption>Fragment of the <a href="/wiki/Gibeon_(meteorite)" title="Gibeon (meteorite)">Gibeon meteorite</a> on display in <a href="/wiki/Windhoek" title="Windhoek">Windhoek</a></figcaption></figure> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Gibeon_(meteorite)" title="Gibeon (meteorite)">Gibeon (meteorite)</a></div> <p>Gibeon is known for the <a href="/wiki/Gibeon_(meteorite)" title="Gibeon (meteorite)">Gibeon meteorite</a> that crashed over a 275 km long and 100 km wide area in prehistoric times. It is an <a href="/wiki/Iron_meteorite" title="Iron meteorite">iron meteorite</a> belonging to the chemical group IVA<sup id="cite_ref-database_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-database-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Gibeon meteorites are made of an <a href="/wiki/Iron" title="Iron">iron</a>-<a href="/wiki/Nickel" title="Nickel">nickel</a> alloy, but also contain <a href="/wiki/Cobalt" title="Cobalt">cobalt</a> and <a href="/wiki/Phosphorus" title="Phosphorus">phosphorus</a>. The crystalline structure of this meteorite is a classic example of fine <a href="/wiki/Octahedrite" title="Octahedrite">octahedrite</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Widmanst%C3%A4tten_pattern" title="Widmanstätten pattern">Widmanstätten pattern</a> aesthetically appreciated both by collectors and jewel designers. However, collecting meteorites or damaging them is illegal, as all meteorites found in Namibia are automatically protected as National Monuments.<sup id="cite_ref-Voigt_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Voigt-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>About 100–150 different fragments have been collected over time, and additional pieces are still<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gibeon,_Namibia&action=edit">[update]</a></sup> found occasionally. The largest collection of Gibeon meteorites is displayed on a fountain in <a href="/wiki/Windhoek_Central_Business_District" title="Windhoek Central Business District">Windhoek's Central Business District</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Voigt_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Voigt-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Politics">Politics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gibeon,_Namibia&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Gibeon is governed by a village council that currently<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gibeon,_Namibia&action=edit">[update]</a></sup> has five seats.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Johannes_Isaaks" title="Johannes Isaaks">Johannes Isaaks</a> (1941–2010) was the first Mayor of Gibeon as well as prominent political activist.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the 2004 and 2009 national elections, Gibeon has given the ruling SWAPO party significantly less support than the national percentage, though SWAPO was still the highest vote getter in both elections. The <a href="/wiki/Namibian_local_and_regional_elections,_2015" class="mw-redirect" title="Namibian local and regional elections, 2015">2015 local authority election</a> was also won by the <a href="/wiki/SWAPO" title="SWAPO">SWAPO</a> party which gained four seats (680 votes). The remaining seat went to the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Turnhalle_Alliance" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic Turnhalle Alliance">Democratic Turnhalle Alliance</a> (DTA, 82 votes).<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/2020_Namibian_local_and_regional_elections" title="2020 Namibian local and regional elections">2020 local authority election</a> was won by the newly formed <a href="/wiki/Landless_People%27s_Movement_(Namibia)" title="Landless People's Movement (Namibia)">Landless People's Movement</a> (LPM) which scored well all over Hardap. LPM gained 514 votes and three seats in the village council, SWAPO gained the remaining two seats with 433 votes.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2004_National_Assembly_election">2004 National Assembly election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gibeon,_Namibia&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 2004 National Assembly election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/Namibian_general_election,_2004#National_Assembly_election" class="mw-redirect" title="Namibian general election, 2004">2004 National Assembly election</a>, 4,956 residents of Gibeon constituency voted; <a href="/wiki/SWAPO" title="SWAPO">SWAPO</a> received 50.7% of Gibeon's votes, compared to 76.1% nationally. The <a href="/wiki/Congress_of_Democrats" title="Congress of Democrats">COD</a> received 29.3% of the vote and the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Turnhalle_Alliance" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic Turnhalle Alliance">DTA</a> received 9.3%. Of the remaining 6 parties, the <a href="/wiki/United_Democratic_Front_(Namibia)" title="United Democratic Front (Namibia)">UDF</a> received 3%, the <a href="/wiki/National_Unity_Democratic_Organisation" title="National Unity Democratic Organisation">NUDO</a> received 2.1%, the <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(Namibia)" title="Republican Party (Namibia)">RP</a> received 1.8%. The <a href="/wiki/Monitor_Action_Group" title="Monitor Action Group">MAG</a>, <a href="/wiki/Namibian_Democratic_Movement_for_Change" class="mw-redirect" title="Namibian Democratic Movement for Change">NDMC</a> and <a href="/wiki/SWANU" title="SWANU">SWANU</a> combined to receive the remaining 2.3%.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2009_Presidential_election">2009 Presidential election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gibeon,_Namibia&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: 2009 Presidential election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/Namibian_general_election,_2009" class="mw-redirect" title="Namibian general election, 2009">2009 presidential election</a>, voter participation declined to 3,669, a 26% drop from the previous national election. Gibeon voters supported incumbent President <a href="/wiki/Hifikepunye_Pohamba" title="Hifikepunye Pohamba">Hifikepunye Pohamba</a>'s candidacy but significantly less than the national average; nationally, SWAPO's Pohamba received 76.4%, but in Gibeon he received only 46.1% of the 3,669 total votes. The closest candidate was <a href="/wiki/Hidipo_Hamutenya" title="Hidipo Hamutenya">Hidipo Hamutenya</a> of <a href="/wiki/Rally_for_Democracy_and_Progress_(Namibia)" title="Rally for Democracy and Progress (Namibia)">RDP</a>, who received 20% of Gibeon's votes, above his national vote percentage of 11.1%. The next closest candidate was <a href="/wiki/Frans_Migub_%C7%80Goagoseb" title="Frans Migub ǀGoagoseb">Frans Migub ǀGoagoseb</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Namibian_Democratic_Movement_for_Change" class="mw-redirect" title="Namibian Democratic Movement for Change">NDMC</a>, who received 207 votes in the constituency (5.6%). Gibeon's support for /Goagoseb equaled nearly 12% of the candidate's total support nationally (207 of 1,760 total votes). <a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Isaacs_(politician)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="David Isaacs (politician) (page does not exist)">David Isaacs</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_of_Namibia" title="Democratic Party of Namibia">DP</a> received 205 votes (5.6% in the constituency) and around 9% of the national vote total (205 of 1,859 nationally). <a href="/wiki/Henk_Mudge" title="Henk Mudge">Henk Mudge</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(Namibia)" title="Republican Party (Namibia)">RP</a> (5.4%), <a href="/wiki/Katuutire_Kaura" title="Katuutire Kaura">Katuutire Kaura</a> of DTA (5%) and <a href="/wiki/Ben_Ulenga" title="Ben Ulenga">Ben Ulenga</a> of COD (3.7%) received a higher percentage of votes in Gibeon than their national averages.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gibeon,_Namibia&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gerhard_T%C3%B6temeyer" title="Gerhard Tötemeyer">Gerhard Tötemeyer</a>, professor emeritus and retired politician<sup id="cite_ref-Poolman_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Poolman-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hendrik_Witbooi_(politician)" title="Hendrik Witbooi (politician)">Hendrik Witbooi</a>, politician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lucia_Witbooi" title="Lucia Witbooi">Lucia Witbooi</a>, politician and schoolteacher</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading 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