Regions of Namibia

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Namibian Regions
CategoryUnitary state
LocationRepublic of Namibia
Number14
Populations102,762 (Omaheke) – 494,605 (Khomas)
Areas8,650 km2 (3,339 sq mi) (Oshana) – 161,510 km2 (62,361 sq mi) (ǁKaras Region)
Government
Subdivisions

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 2023 Population and Housing Census:

Region Population People per km² Average Household Size
Khomas 494,605 13.4 3.6
Ohangwena 337,729 31.5 4.8
Omusati 316,671 11.9 4.2
Oshikoto 257,302 6.7 4.1
Oshana 230,801 26.7 3.7
Erongo 240,206 3.8 3.1
Otjozondjupa 220,811 2.1 3.6
Kavango East 218,421 9.1 5.3
Zambezi 142,373 9.7 3.7
Kunene 120,762 1.0 3.8
Kavango West 123,266 5.0 5.5
Hardap 106,680 1.0 3.6
!Karas 109,893 0.7 3.1
Omaheke 102,881 1.2 3.3

Regions 1990–1992[edit]

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References[edit]

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