Regions of Namibia

  • Region Government, National government
Subdivisions
  • Constituencies
Politics of Namibia
Executive
  • President
    Nangolo Mbumba
  • Vice-President
    Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah
  • Prime Minister
    Saara Kuugongelwa
  • Cabinet
Legislature
  • National Council
    Chairman: Bernard Sibalatani
  • National Assembly
    Speaker: Peter Katjavivi
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  • e

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

Southern
Ostcaprivi
Okahandja
Otjiwarongo
Eastern
Oshakati
North Central
Ondangwa
South Central
Kaoko
North Western
Western
Central
Kavango

See also

References

  1. ^ Immanuel, Shinovene (12 April 2012). "Caprivi is no more". The Namibian.
  • "Namibia 2001 Population and Housing Census". National Planning Commission. 2001. Archived from the original on 2012-01-11. Retrieved 2008-12-27.