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{{Infobox subdivision type
{{Infobox subdivision type
| name = Namibian Regions
| name = Namibian Regions
| alt_name =
| alt_name =
| map = [[File:Namibia_14_regions-numbered.svg|330px]]
| map = [[File:Namibia_14_regions-numbered.svg|330px]]
| category = [[Unitary state]]
| category = [[Unitary state]]
| territory = [[Republic of Namibia]]
| territory = [[Republic of Namibia]]
| start_date =
| start_date =
| current_number = 14
| current_number = 14
| number_date =
| number_date =
| population_range = 71,233 ([[Omaheke Region|Omaheke]]) – 342,141 ([[Khomas Region|Khomas]])
| population_range = 74,629 ([[Omaheke Region|Omaheke]]) – 415,780 ([[Khomas Region|Khomas]])
| area_range = {{Convert|3339|sqmi|km2|abbr=on|order=flip}} ([[Oshana Region|Oshana]]) – {{Convert|62361|sqmi|km2|abbr=on|order=flip}} ([[ǁKaras Region]])
| area_range = {{Convert|3339|sqmi|km2|abbr=on|order=flip}} ([[Oshana Region|Oshana]]) – {{Convert|62361|sqmi|km2|abbr=on|order=flip}} ([[ǁKaras Region]])
| government = Region Government, [[Government of Namibia|National government]]
| government = Region Government, [[Government of Namibia|National government]]
| subdivision = [[Constituencies of Namibia|Constituencies]]
| subdivision = [[Constituencies of Namibia|Constituencies]]
}}
}}
{{Politics of Namibia}}
{{Politics of Namibia}}
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The most urbanised and economically active regions are the Khomas and Erongo region, with Khomas home to the capital, Windhoek, and Erongo home to Walvis Bay and Swakopmund.
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! # !! Region !! Capital !! Population<br>(2001 census)<ref>[http://www.geohive.com/cntry/namibia.aspx Namibia at GeoHive] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120522094645/http://www.geohive.com/cntry/namibia.aspx |date=2012-05-22 }}</ref> !! Population<br>(2011 census)<ref>[http://www.geohive.com/cntry/namibia.aspx Namibia at GeoHive] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120522094645/http://www.geohive.com/cntry/namibia.aspx |date=2012-05-22 }}</ref> !! Area (km<sup>2</sup>)<ref name=ElectionWatch>{{cite journal
The table below shows statistics from the 2016 Namibia Intercensal Demographic Survey:
|year=2013
{| class="wikitable"
|title=Namibia's Population by Region
|'''Region'''
|journal=Election Watch
|'''Population'''
|publisher=Institute for Public Policy Research
!People per km²
|issue=1
!Literacy Rate
|page=3}}</ref> !! Population density<br /> (2011) (persons/km<sup>2</sup>)
|-
|Khomas
|415,780
|11.3
|96.7%
|-
|-
|Ohangwena
! 1
|255,510
| [[Kunene Region]] || [[Opuwo]]
|23.9
| style="text-align:right;" | 68,735
|85.6%
| style="text-align:right;" | 86,856
| style="text-align:right;" | 115,260
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.8
|-
|-
|Omusati
! 2
|249,885
| [[Omusati Region]] || [[Outapi]]
|9.4
| style="text-align:right;" | 228,842
|87.6%
| style="text-align:right;" | 243,166
| style="text-align:right;" | 26,551
| style="text-align:right;" | 9.1
|-
|-
|Oshikoto
! 3
|195,165
| [[Oshana Region]] || [[Oshakati]]
|5.0
| style="text-align:right;" | 161,916
|88.0%
| style="text-align:right;" | 176,674
| style="text-align:right;" | 8,647
| style="text-align:right;" | 20
|-
|-
|Oshana
! 4
|189,237
| [[Ohangwena Region]] || [[Eenhana]]
|21.9
| style="text-align:right;" | 228,384
|94.0%
| style="text-align:right;" | 245,446
| style="text-align:right;" | 10,706
| style="text-align:right;" | 22
|-
|-
|Erongo
! 5
|182,402
| [[Oshikoto Region]] || [[Omuthiya]]
|2.9
| style="text-align:right;" | 161,007
|95.9%
| style="text-align:right;" | 181,973
| style="text-align:right;" | 38,685
| style="text-align:right;" | 4.7
|-
|-
|Otjozondjupa
! 14
|154,342
| [[Kavango West|Kavango West Region]] || [[Nkurenkuru]]
|1.5
| style="text-align:right;" | --
|83.0%
| style="text-align:right;" | 107,905
| style="text-align:right;" | 23,166
| style="text-align:right;" | 4.7
|-
|-
|Kavango East
! 6
|148,466
| [[Kavango East|Kavango East Region]] || [[Rundu]]
|6.2
| style="text-align:right;" | --
|84.7%
| style="text-align:right;" | 115,447
| style="text-align:right;" | 25,576
| style="text-align:right;" | 4.5
|-
|-
|Zambezi
! 7
|98,849
| [[Zambezi Region]] || [[Katima Mulilo]]
|6.7
| style="text-align:right;" | 79,826
|85.5%
| style="text-align:right;" | 90,596
| style="text-align:right;" | 14,785
| style="text-align:right;" | 6.1
|-
|-
|Kunene
! 8
|97,865
| [[Erongo Region]] || [[Swakopmund]]
|0.8
| style="text-align:right;" | 107,663
|66.5%
| style="text-align:right;" | 150,809
| style="text-align:right;" | 63,539
| style="text-align:right;" | 2.4
|-
|-
|Kavango West
! 9
|89,313
| [[Otjozondjupa Region]] || [[Otjiwarongo]]
|3.5
| style="text-align:right;" | 135,384
|75.6%
| style="text-align:right;" | 143,903
| style="text-align:right;" | 105,460
| style="text-align:right;" | 1.4
|-
|-
|Hardap
! 10
|87,186
| [[Omaheke Region]] || [[Gobabis]]
|0.8
| style="text-align:right;" | 68,039
|84.7%
| style="text-align:right;" | 71,233
| style="text-align:right;" | 84,981
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.8
|-
|-
|!Karas
! 11
|85,759
| [[Khomas Region]] || [[Windhoek]]
|0.5
| style="text-align:right;" | 250,262
|96.1%
| style="text-align:right;" | 342,141
| style="text-align:right;" | 36,964
| style="text-align:right;" | 9.2
|-
! 12
| [[Hardap Region]] || [[Mariental, Namibia|Mariental]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 68,249
| style="text-align:right;" | 79,507
| style="text-align:right;" | 109,781
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.7
|-
|-
|Omaheke
! 13
|74,629
| [[ǁKaras Region]] || [[Keetmanshoop]]
|0.9
| style="text-align:right;" | 69,329
|75.3%
| style="text-align:right;" | 77,421
| style="text-align:right;" | 161,514
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.5
|}
|}


Revision as of 15:24, 6 December 2023

Namibian Regions
CategoryUnitary state
LocationRepublic of Namibia
Number14
Populations74,629 (Omaheke) – 415,780 (Khomas)
Areas8,650 km2 (3,339 sq mi) (Oshana) – 161,510 km2 (62,361 sq mi) (ǁKaras Region)
Government
Subdivisions
Politics of Namibia
Constitution
Executive
Legislature
Judiciary
Administrative divisions
Elections
Foreign relations

Namibia uses regions as its first-level subnational administrative divisions. Since 2013, it has 14 regions which in turn are subdivided into 121 constituencies.

Upon Namibian independence, the pre-existing subdivisions from the South African administration were taken over. Since then, demarcations and numbers of regions and constituencies of Namibia are tabled by delimitation commissions and accepted or declined by the National Assembly.

In 1992, the 1st Delimitation Commission, chaired by Judge President Johan Strydom, proposed that Namibia should be divided into 13 regions. The suggestion was approved in the lower house, The National Assembly. In 2014, the 4th Delimitation Commission amended the number of regions to fourteen.[1]

The most urbanised and economically active regions are the Khomas and Erongo region, with Khomas home to the capital, Windhoek, and Erongo home to Walvis Bay and Swakopmund.

The table below shows statistics from the 2016 Namibia Intercensal Demographic Survey:

Region Population People per km² Literacy Rate
Khomas 415,780 11.3 96.7%
Ohangwena 255,510 23.9 85.6%
Omusati 249,885 9.4 87.6%
Oshikoto 195,165 5.0 88.0%
Oshana 189,237 21.9 94.0%
Erongo 182,402 2.9 95.9%
Otjozondjupa 154,342 1.5 83.0%
Kavango East 148,466 6.2 84.7%
Zambezi 98,849 6.7 85.5%
Kunene 97,865 0.8 66.5%
Kavango West 89,313 3.5 75.6%
Hardap 87,186 0.8 84.7%
!Karas 85,759 0.5 96.1%
Omaheke 74,629 0.9 75.3%

Regions 1990–1992

See also

References

  1. ^ Immanuel, Shinovene (12 April 2012). "Caprivi is no more". The Namibian.
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