Regions of Namibia

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

Namibian Regions
CategoryUnitary state
LocationRepublic of Namibia
Number14
Populations71,233 (Omaheke) – 342,141 (Khomas)
Areas8,650 km2 (3,339 sq mi) (Oshana) – 161,510 km2 (62,361 sq mi) (ǁKaras Region)
GovernmentRegion Government, National government
SubdivisionsConstituencies

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, suggested that Namibia should be divided into 13 regions. The suggestion was approved in the lower house. In 2014, the 4th Delimitation Commission amended the number of regions to fourteen.[1]

#RegionCapitalPopulation (2011 census)[2]Area (km²)[3]Population density
(persons/km²)
1 Kunene RegionOpuwo 86,856 115,260 0.8
2 Omusati RegionOutapi 243,166 26,551 9.1
3 Oshana RegionOshakati 176,674 8,647 20
4 Ohangwena RegionEenhana 245,446 10,706 22
5 Oshikoto RegionOmuthiya 181,973 38,685 4.7
6 Kavango West RegionNkurenkuru 107,905 23,166 4.7
7 Kavango East RegionRundu 115,447 25,576 4.5
8 Zambezi RegionKatima Mulilo 90,596 14,785 6.1
9 Erongo RegionSwakopmund 150,809 63,539 2.4
10 Otjozondjupa RegionOtjiwarongo 143,903 105,460 1.4
11 Omaheke RegionGobabis 71,233 84,981 0.8
12 Khomas RegionWindhoek 342,141 36,964 9.2
13 Hardap RegionMariental 79,507 109,781 0.7
14 ǁKaras RegionKeetmanshoop 77,421 161,514 0.5

Regions 1990–1992

See also

References

  1. Immanuel, Shinovene (12 April 2012). "Caprivi is no more". The Namibian.
  2. Namibia at GeoHive Archived 2012-05-22 at the Wayback Machine
  3. "Namibia's Population by Region". Election Watch. Institute for Public Policy Research (1): 3. 2013.
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