Administrative divisions of Namibia

The administrative divisions of Namibia are tabled by Delimitation Commissions and accepted or declined by the National Assembly.

[1] The territory that became the independent state of Namibia on 21 March 1990 inherited the administrative division of this "province" which consisted of 26 districts.

These districts remained until the First Delimitation Commission of Namibia tabled its recommendations in the National Assembly, and the latter approved and implemented them in 1992.

[2] Delimitation Commissions are three-member bodies appointed by the president that make suggestions as to how Namibia should be administratively divided, considering only geographical changes like population grow and migration but not discriminating by ethnic factors.

They are mentioned in articles 102-104 of the constitution, and they are to sit approximately once every ten years,[3] although they sat more frequently before 2002.