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 provides for this reason superior transportation infrastructure.

In the 2004 regional election for the National Assembly of Namibia, SWAPO won all ten constituencies.

[11] In the 2015 regional elections, SWAPO obtained 81% of the total votes (2010: 78%)[6] and again won in all ten constituencies.

The most commonly spoken languages at home were Oshiwambo (37% of households), Afrikaans (24%), Nama/Damara (13%), and Otjiherero (9%).

Some of the most important are meat processing, bottling and canning, beer brewing, plastics, and refrigeration.

[14] According to the 2012 Namibia Labour Force Survey, unemployment in the Khomas Region stood at 26.5%.

[16] Among households, 98% had safe water, 20% no toilet facility, 69% electricity for lighting, 83% access to radio, and 9% had wood or charcoal for cooking.

In terms of households' main sources of income, 1% derived it from farming, 74% from wages and salaries, 7% cash remittances, 11% from business or non-farming, and 4% from pension.