Namibia
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- Namibia – from ancient rock art through colonial rule to independence in 1990 · ǁKaras ·
Namibia holds some of the oldest traces of human life in southern Africa, including the rock engravings of Twyfelfontein. San hunter-gatherers lived here for thousands of years and were later joined by Nama, Damara, Her…
- Kunene – the region named after the river on Namibia's northern border · Kunene ·
Kunene takes its name from the Kunene River, which forms the region's northern boundary with Angola. The river is the single feature that has shaped the region's name, its landscape and the movement of people and herds …
- Oshikoto Region – the region named after Lake Otjikoto · Oshikoto ·
Oshikoto takes its name from Lake Otjikoto, the deep sinkhole lake that is one of the best-known natural features of northern Namibia and has long attracted visitors and stories alike. The capital of the region is Omuth…
- Oshana Region – the towns of Oshakati, Ongwediva and Ondangwa · Oshana ·
Oshana is named after the shallow seasonal watercourses that fill after the rains and give the flat northern landscape its distinctive pattern. Its capital is Oshakati, which together with Ongwediva and Ondangwa forms a…
- Khomas Region – the highland region around Windhoek · Khomas ·
Khomas is named after the Khomas Highland, the high plateau landscape that dominates this part of central Namibia, and it is centred on the capital city, Windhoek. Because of that, it has the country's best transport co…
- Erongo Region – named after the mountain on its skyline · Erongo ·
Erongo takes its name from Mount Erongo, a well-known landmark that rises above the plains and is visible for miles around. The region stretches from those inland mountains to a long shoreline on the Atlantic Ocean, and…
- Omaheke Region – the sandveld on the edge of the Kalahari · Omaheke ·
Omaheke is the Otjiherero word for sandveld, and the name tells you almost everything: this eastern region is the western extension of the Kalahari, a country of red sand, camelthorn trees and wide cattle farms. It is t…
- Otjozondjupa Region – farming country around Otjiwarongo · Otjozondjupa ·
Otjozondjupa lies in the north-central part of Namibia and is one of the country's fourteen regions, with Otjiwarongo as its capital. It also contains the municipalities of Okahandja and Grootfontein and the towns of Ok…
- Hardap Region – the region named after its great dam · Hardap ·
Hardap takes its name from the Hardap Dam, the reservoir on the Fish River that gives this dry part of southern Namibia its water and its name. Mariental is the capital, and the region also contains the towns of Rehobot…
- Zambezi Region – the Caprivi Strip, renamed in 2013 · Sambesi ·
Until 2013 this region was known as Caprivi, a name that goes back to 1890: in the Heligoland-Zanzibar exchange between Britain and the German Empire, the strip of land was transferred to German South West Africa, and i…
- Kavango East – the region created when Kavango was divided in 2013 · Kavango ·
Kavango East came into being in 2013, when the former Kavango Region was split into an eastern and a western half, and it has been finding its own profile ever since. Its capital is Rundu, on the Okavango River, and the…
- Ohangwena Region – Namibia's northern borderland with Angola · Ohangwena ·
Ohangwena lies along Namibia's northern edge, bordering the Cunene Province of Angola for almost its entire length, with a short stretch beside Cubango Province in the far north-east. That border position has always sha…
- Omusati Region – mopane country and the Ruacana Falls · Omusati ·
Omusati takes its name from the Oshindonga word for the mopane, the tree that dominates the landscape here, and the region is best known for the Ruacana Falls, among the largest waterfalls in Africa. It is also home to …
- ǁKharas Region – Namibia's southernmost and largest region · ǁKaras ·
ǁKharas is the southernmost, largest and least densely populated of Namibia's fourteen regions, and its name reflects the presence of the Karas mountain range in the south. That combination of great distances and few pe…
- Oshikoto Region · Oshikoto ·
Oshikoto is one of the fourteen regions of Namibia, named after Lake Otjikoto. Its capital is Omuthiya. Further major settlements in the region are Tsumeb, Otjikoto's capital until 2008, and Oniipa. As of 2020, Oshikoto…
- Oshana Region · Oshana ·
Oshana is one of the fourteen regions of Namibia; its capital is Oshakati. The towns of Oshakati, Ongwediva , and Ondangwa, all situated with this region, form an urban cluster with the second largest population concent…
- Khomas · Wikivoyage · Khomas ·
Khomas is a region in the central highlands of Namibia. Khomas is centred on the capital city Windhoek and thus has superior transportation infrastructure. It is the most populous region of Namibia, and is characterized…
- Khomas Region · Khomas ·
Khomas is one of the fourteen regions of Namibia. Its name refers to the Khomas Highland, a high plateau landscape that dominates this administrative subdivision. Khomas is centered on the capital city Windhoek and prov…
- Erongo: See · Erongo ·
3 Cape Cross seal colony, 44 km north-west of Hentiesbay Moon Landscape, an area of unreal results of the erosion of the Swakop River, 25km east of Swakopmund. The road there further extends to the Welwitschia Plains w…
- Erongo Region · Erongo ·
Erongo is one of the 14 regions of Namibia. The capital is Swakopmund. It is named after Mount Erongo, a well-known landmark in Namibia and in this area. Erongo contains the municipalities of Walvis Bay, Swakopmund, Hen…
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