Editing Regions of Namibia

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{{Infobox subdivision type
| name = Namibian Regions
| alt_name = 
| map = [[File:Namibia_14_regions-numbered.svg|330px]]
| category = [[Unitary state]]
| territory = [[Republic of Namibia]]
| start_date = 
| current_number = 14
| number_date = 
| population_range = 102,762 ([[Omaheke Region|Omaheke]]) – 494,605 ([[Khomas Region|Khomas]])
| area_range = {{Convert|3339|sqmi|km2|abbr=on|order=flip}} ([[Oshana Region|Oshana]]) – {{Convert|62361|sqmi|km2|abbr=on|order=flip}} ([[ǁKaras Region]])
| government = Region Government, [[Government of Namibia|National government]]
| subdivision = [[Constituencies of Namibia|Constituencies]]
}}
{{Politics of Namibia}}

[[Namibia]] uses '''regions''' as its first-level subnational [[administrative division]]s. Since 2013, it has 14 regions which in turn are subdivided into [[Constituencies of Namibia|121 constituencies]].

Upon [[Independence of Namibia|Namibian independence]], the pre-existing subdivisions from the [[South Africa]]n 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 of Namibia|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.<ref name=more>
{{cite news
|url=http://www.namibian.com.na/indexx.php?archive_id=112767&page_type=archive_story_detail&page=1
|title=Caprivi is no more
|last=Immanuel
|first=Shinovene
|date=12 April 2012
|work=[[The Namibian]]
}}</ref>

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:
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Region
!Area (km²)
! Population
!People per km<sup>2</sup>
!Average Household Size
!Population growth %
|-
|[[Erongo Region|Erongo]]
|63,539
|240,206
|3.8
|3.1
|53
|-
|[[Hardap Region|Hardap]]
|109,781
|106,680
|1.0
|3.6
|34.2
|-
|[[Kavango East]]
|23,988
|218,421
|9.1
|5.3
|59.6
|-
|[[Kavango West]]
|24,591
|123,266
|5.0
|5.5
|42.5
|-
|[[Khomas Region|Khomas]]
|36,964
|494,605
|13.4
|3.6
|44.6
|-
|[[Kunene Region|Kunene]]
|115,260
|120,762
|1.0
|3.8
|39.0
|-
|[[Ohangwena Region|Ohangwena]]
|10,706
|337,729
|31.5
|4.8
|37.6
|-
|[[Omaheke Region|Omaheke]]
|84,981
|102,881
|1.2
|3.3
|44.4
|-
|[[Omusati Region|Omusati]]
|26,551
|316,671
|11.9
|4.2
|30.2
|-
|[[Oshana]]
|8,647
|230,801
|26.7
|3.7
|30.6
|-
|[[Oshikoto Region|Oshikoto]]
|38,685
|257,302
|6.7
|4.1
|41.4
|-
|[[Otjozondjupa Region|Otjozondjupa]]
|105,460
|220,811
|2.1
|3.6
|53.4
|-
|[[Zambezi Region|Zambezi]]
|14,785
|142,373
|9.7
|3.7
|57.2
|-
|[[ǁKaras Region|ǁKaras]]
|161,514
|109,893
|0.7
|3.1
|41.9
|}

==Regions 1990–1992==
{{Image label begin|image=Regionen in Namibia 1990–1992.svg|width=300}}
{{Image label small|x=0.30|y=0.65|scale=400|text=Southern}}
{{Image label small|x=0.62|y=0.09|scale=400|text=Ostcaprivi}}
{{Image label small|x=0.30|y=0.30|scale=400|text=Okahandja}}
{{Image label small|x=0.28|y=0.25|scale=400|text=Otjiwarongo}}
{{Image label small|x=0.43|y=0.28|scale=400|text=Eastern}}
{{Image label small|x=0.19|y=0.10|scale=400|text=Oshakati}}
{{Image label small|x=0.28|y=0.15|scale=400|text=North Central}}
{{Image label small|x=0.25|y=0.07|scale=400|text=Ondangwa}}
{{Image label small|x=0.30|y=0.50|scale=400|text=South Central}}
{{Image label small|x=0.10|y=0.10|scale=400|text=Kaoko}}
{{Image label small|x=0.13|y=0.20|scale=400|text=North Western}}
{{Image label small|x=0.15|y=0.44|scale=400|text=Western}}
{{Image label small|x=0.28|y=0.40|scale=400|text=Central}}
{{Image label small|x=0.45|y=0.11|scale=400|text=Kavango}}
{{Image label end}}

==See also==
*[[Constituencies of Namibia]]
*[[ISO 3166-2:NA]]

==References==
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*{{cite web |title=Namibia 2001 Population and Housing Census |url=http://www.npc.gov.na/census/index.htm |publisher=National Planning Commission |year=2001 |access-date=2008-12-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120111224420/http://www.npc.gov.na/census/index.htm |archive-date=2012-01-11 }}

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