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)
Government
Subdivisions
Politics of Namibia
Constitution
Executive
Legislature
Judiciary
Administrative divisions
Elections
Foreign relations

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]

#RegionCapitalPopulation
(2001 census)[2]		Population
(2011 census)[3]		Area (km2)[4]Population density
(2011) (persons/km2)
1 Kunene RegionOpuwo 68,735 86,856 115,260 0.8
2 Omusati RegionOutapi 228,842 243,166 26,551 9.1
3 Oshana RegionOshakati 161,916 176,674 8,647 20
4 Ohangwena RegionEenhana 228,384 245,446 10,706 22
5 Oshikoto RegionOmuthiya 161,007 181,973 38,685 4.7
14 Kavango West RegionNkurenkuru -- 107,905 23,166 4.7
6 Kavango East RegionRundu -- 115,447 25,576 4.5
7 Zambezi RegionKatima Mulilo 79,826 90,596 14,785 6.1
8 Erongo RegionSwakopmund 107,663 150,809 63,539 2.4
9 Otjozondjupa RegionOtjiwarongo 135,384 143,903 105,460 1.4
10 Omaheke RegionGobabis 68,039 71,233 84,981 0.8
11 Khomas RegionWindhoek 250,262 342,141 36,964 9.2
12 Hardap RegionMariental 68,249 79,507 109,781 0.7
13 ǁKaras RegionKeetmanshoop 69,329 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 at GeoHive Archived 2012-05-22 at the Wayback Machine
  4. "Namibia's Population by Region". Election Watch. Institute for Public Policy Research (1): 3. 2013.
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