Editing Hardap Region (section)

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| name                    = Hardap Region
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| settlement_type         = [[regions of Namibia|Region]]
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| image_map               = Hardap in Namibia.svg
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| map_caption             = Location of the Hardap Region in [[Namibia]]
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| subdivision_type        = Country
| subdivision_name        = [[Namibia]]
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| seat_type               = Capital
| seat                    = [[Mariental, Namibia|Mariental]]
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| leader_title            = Governor
| leader_name             = [[Salomon April]]<ref name=Goodbye>{{cite news | url=https://www.namibiansun.com/news/goodbye2020-04-08/ | title=Goodbye | date=10 April 2020 | page=1 | newspaper=[[Namibian Sun]]}}</ref>
| unit_pref               = Metric<!-- or US or UK -->
| area_footnotes          = <ref name=ElectionWatch>{{cite journal
|year=2013
|title=Namibia's Population by Region
|journal=Election Watch
|publisher=Institute for Public Policy Research
|issue=1
|page=3}}</ref>
| area_total_km2          = 109,781
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| population_footnotes    = <ref name =Census2011>{{cite web |url=https://cms2.my.na/assets/documents/p19dptss1qomtvt476iefc1p535.pdf |title=Hardap 2011 Census Regional Profile |access-date=10 April 2020 |website=Statistics Namibia |df=dmy }}{{Dead link|date=July 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://nsa.nsa.org.na/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Preliminary-Report-doc-fn.pdf|title=2023 Population & Housing Census Preliminary  Report|website=Statistics Namibia|df=dmy|access-date=2024-03-16|archive-date=2024-03-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240324152514/https://nsa.nsa.org.na/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Preliminary-Report-doc-fn.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| population_total        = 106,680
| population_as_of        = 2023 census
| population_density_km2  = auto
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| timezone                = [[Central Africa Time|CAT]]
| utc_offset              = +2
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| blank_name_sec1         = [[Human Development Index|HDI]] (2017)
| blank_info_sec1         = 0.665<ref name="GlobalDataLab">{{Cite web|url=https://hdi.globaldatalab.org/areadata/shdi/|title=Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab|website=hdi.globaldatalab.org|language=en|access-date=2018-09-13}}</ref><br/>{{color|#fc0|medium}} · [[List of Namibian regions by Human Development Index|5th]]
| website                 = {{URL|https://hardaprc.gov.na}}
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}}
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'''Hardap''' is one of the fourteen [[regions of Namibia]], its capital is [[Mariental, Namibia|Mariental]]. Hardap contains the municipality of Mariental, the towns [[Rehoboth, Namibia|Rehoboth]] and [[Aranos]], and the self-governed villages [[Gibeon, Namibia|Gibeon]], [[Gochas]], [[Kalkrand]], [[Stampriet]] and [[Maltahöhe]]. It is home to the [[Hardap Dam]].