Regions of Namibia

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

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.

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


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