Villages and settlements in Namibia are distinguished by the status the

Government of Namibia The government of Namibia consists of the executive, the legislative and the judiciary branches. The Cabinet is the executive organ of government, implementing the laws of the country. It consists of the president, the prime minister and his de ...

has vested in them: Places in

Namibia Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country on the west coast of Southern Africa. Its borders include the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south; in the no ...

that are governed by a village council are ''villages'', they are the smallest entities of local government. All other places except cities and towns are not self-governed, they are called ''settlements''.

Villages

Namibia has 18 villages, each of them governed by a village council of up to five seats. Village councils are elected locally and have the authority to set up facilities like water, sewerage and cemeteries without the approval of the Minister of Urban and Rural Development. They may also declare streets and public places, collect fees for the services they provide, and buy immovable property without asking for explicit approval. The eighteen villages are:

Settlements

Namibia numbered colored regions English1

Settlements in Namibia are non self-governed populated places. While they may have a dedicated person responsible for their administration, this person is not elected but an employee of the respective regional administration. Some of the settlements in Namibia per Region are:

Kunene Region

* Fransfontein * Ohamaremba, Epupa Constituency * Okangwati, Epupa Constituency * Otjomuru, Epupa Constituency * Ovinjange *

Sesfontein Sesfontein is a settlement in the Kunene Region of Namibia, situated from the regional capital Opuwo. It is the district capital of Sesfontein Constituency with a population of 7,358. Sesfontein derives its name from the six fountains which h ...

Omusati Region

* Anamulenge * Elim * Nakayale *

Ogongo Ogongo is a List of villages and settlements in Namibia, settlement in the Omusati Region, in the central North of Namibia. Its neighbouring places include Outapi, Elim, Namibia, Elim and Oshikuku. Before independence Up to the early 1990s life in ...

* Okakundu * Okalongo *

Olupandu Olupandu is a village situated at the southern side of northern Namibia, in the Etayi Constituency of the Omusati Region. It is from the border between Angola and Namibia. According to the 2001 census A census (from Latin ''censere'', 'to a ...

* Ompakoya *

Omugulugwombashe Omugulugwombashe (also: ''Ongulumbashe'', official: ''Omugulu gwOombashe''; Otjiherero: ''giraffe leg'') is a List of villages and settlements in Namibia, settlement in the Tsandi Constituency, Tsandi electoral constituency in the Omusati Region o ...

* Onawa *

Ongandjera Ongandjera (from "aagandji yiiyela", ''place of gold metal thread beads'') is a tribal area near Okahao in the Omusati Region in northern Namibia. Ongandjera is the birthplace of Sam Nujoma, the country's first president, and of Pendukeni Iivula-I ...

* Onhokolo * Otindi

Oshana Region

* Eheke, administrative centre of the

Ondangwa Rural Ondangwa Rural is an electoral constituency in the Oshana Region of Namibia. It had 13,613 inhabitants in 2016 and 7,682 registered voters . The administrative centre of the constituency is the settlement Eheke. Ondangwa Rural was created by ...

constituency. * Ekuku * Oikango * Okamule *

Omagongati Omagongati is a village situated in the northern part of Namibia in Ondangwa Rural Constituency, Oshana region,{{Cite news , title=Ipangelwa and son laid to rest , last=Shivute , first=Oswald , newspaper=The Namibian , date=19 September 2005 ...

Omashekediva Omashekediva is a settlement near Oikango village in the Oshana Region of northern Namibia Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country on the west coast of Southern Africa. Its borders include the Atlantic Ocean to the west, ...

* Oniimwandi * Otshaandja

Ohangwena Region

Edundja Edundja is a settlement in the Ohangwena Region of northern Namibia. It is situated close to the Angolan border east of Oshikango. Effects of flood It is closer to Angola and this cause the flood during the rainy season as the water flows from ...

* Ekango Lomuve *

Epinga Epinga is a village and a former Anglican mission in Ohangwena Region, Namibia. It belongs to the Omundaungilo electoral constituency and is part of the former Ovamboland bantustan. Notable residents include military commanders Julius Shaambeni ...

* Epuku * Etomba *

Okongo Okongo is a village in the Ohangwena Region of northern Namibia. It had a population of 3,564 people in 2023. It is the district capital of Okongo Constituency. History Okongo was first settled by the San people in the 1900s, who, as a hunter-ga ...

Oshikango Oshikango is a former village in northern Namibia and since 2004 part of the town of Helao Nafidi, although it still maintained its own village council for a number of years. ''Oshikango'' is still the name of the border post with Angola and the ...

Odibo Odibo is a village in the north of Namibia close to the Angolan border known for its Anglicanism, Anglican mission ''St Mary''. It belongs to the Oshikango Constituency, Oshikango electoral constituency in the Ohangwena Region. Odibo is also an ...

, archdeaconry in northern Namibia *

Okanghudi Okanghudi is a small settlement in the Ohangwena Region in Namibia, which is noted for being the birthplace of Namibian former president Hifikepunye Pohamba Hifikepunye Lucas Pohamba (born 18 August 1935) is a Namibian politician who served a ...

* Okatana, administrative centre of

Okatana Constituency Okatana Constituency is an electoral constituency in the Oshana Region of Namibia. It had 9,111 registered voters . Its district capital is the settlement of Okatana. Okatana Constituency covers an area of . It had a population of 14,801 in 20 ...

* Okauva * Omungwelume * Omutwewomunu, administrative centre of

Oshikunde Constituency Oshikunde Constituency is an electoral constituency in the Ohangwena Region of Namibia. , it has 8,062 registered voters. Oshikunde Constituency was created in August 2013 from the western part of Okongo Constituency, following a recommendation ...

* Onamunhama *

Onandova Onandova is a settlement in the Ohangwena Region of northern Namibia. The village is situated at the east side of the Ondangwa–Oshikango Road between Ongha and Okakwa. It belongs to the Omulonga Constituency. St Francis church of the Anglican ...

* Ondeihaluka * Ondeikela * Ondobe Yomunghudi * Onekwaya West *

Ongha Ongha is a settlement in the Ohangwena Region of northern Namibia. Its area falls within two electoral constituencies, Endola and Omulonga. People started settling in 1940 and its first headman was named Naghonda. His name is borne by Oshivam ...

Oshakati Oshakati is a town in northern Namibia. It is the regional capital of the Oshana Region and one of Namibia's largest cities both by population and as an economic center. It had a population of 58,656 people in 2023. Oshakati was founded i ...

* Oshandi * Oshindobe

Oshikoto Region

* Iihongo *

King Kauluma Village King Kauluma Village is a village situated in the Oshikoto Region in the northern part of Namibia with a population of about 4800 residents. King Kauluma is located about 12 km from Oshivelo ( Onamutoni). King Kauluma village is sandy and ...

* Okambonde * Okoloti, administrative centre of Nehale lyaMpingana Constituency *

Olukonda Olukonda is a settlement in the Oshikoto Region in the north of Namibia. It is the district capital of the Olukonda electoral constituency. During colonial time of German South West Africa the missionary station and settlement was known as the ' ...

* Omakango, Okankolo constituency * Omhuuda * Omunduta * Omutwewomedi *

Onamungundo Onamungundo is a settlement in the Ondonga area of Oshikoto Region in Namibia. The village was the seat of the Ondonga Ondonga is a traditional kingdom of the Ovambo people in what is today northern Namibia. Its capital is Ondangwa, and the king ...

* Onayena, district capital of the Onayena Constituency * Oniiwe * Onkumbula *

Oshigambo Oshigambo is a settlement in the Oshikoto Region of northern Namibia. It is situated on the banks of Oshigambo River east of the Etosha pan The Etosha Pan is a large endorheic salt pan, forming part of the Cuvelai-Etosha Basin in the north o ...

Oshivelo Oshivelo is a settlement in northern Namibia. Transport and infrastructure Oshivelo has a clinic that in 2014 was refurbished and named after Catherine Bullen, a woman that died here in 2002 due to inadequate facilities. In early 2005, the n ...

Tsintsabis Tsintsabis is a List of villages and settlements in Namibia, settlement of about 4,000 inhabitants in the Oshikoto Region of Namibia. It is situated northeast of Tsumeb and belongs to the Guinas Constituency, Guinas electoral constituency. The ...

* Uuyoka

Kavango West Region

* Bunya * Kahenge * Mburuuru, administrative centre of Tondoro Constituency * Mpungu * Ncamangoro, administrative centre of Ncamangoro Constituency * Rupara * Tondoro

Kavango East Region

Andara Andara is a village in Mukwe Constituency in the Kavango East region of north-eastern Namibia. Located east of Rundu, it is inhabited primarily by the Hambukushu people. Founding of the Catholic mission Catholic fathers of the organization M ...

Andara
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Diyogha Diyogha is a settlement in the Kavango East Region in the north of Namibia. It is situated approximately east of Rundu and belongs to the Mukwe Constituency. Diyogha is served by the Roman Catholic Holy Family Parish in Andara Andara is a vil ...

* Kaisosi * Kangongo * Mashare *

Mile 30 Mile 30 is a settlement that is situated south of Rundu in the Kavango East region of Namibia, on the B8 national road. It contains a school, a chapel of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Namibia (ELCIN), some shops and a clinic. The people of ...

, south of Rundu * Mupini * Ndonga Linena, administrative centre of

Ndonga Linena Constituency Ndonga Linena Constituency is an electoral constituency in the Kavango East Region of Namibia. It was created in August 2013, following a recommendation of the ''Fourth Delimitation Commission of Namibia'', and in preparation of the 2014 general ...

Nyangana Nyangana is a village in the Ndiyona Constituency in Kavango East Region of north-eastern Namibia, situated east of Rundu. The Roman Catholic mission of Nyangana is located in the village. History The settlement is named after Nyangana, kin ...

Shinyungwe Shinyungwe is a settlement that is situated east of Rundu in the Kavango East region of Namibia. Shinyungwe Combined School is located at the village. Namibian athlete Christine Mboma is from Shinyungwe. References

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Zambezi Region

Chinchimane Chinchimane, also known as Chinchimani, is a settlement in Namibia Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country on the west coast of Southern Africa. Its borders include the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Angola and Zambia to t ...

* Ibbu * Kabbe *

Kongola Kongola is a settlement in Namibia's Zambezi Region, located 112 kilometres southwest of the region's capital, Katima Mulilo. It serves as the administrative centre of the Kongola Constituency. The name "Kongola" is from Silozi Lozi, al ...

* Lisikili * Luhonono *

Nakabolelwa Nakabolelwa is a settlement in Namibia's Zambezi Region, located 79 kilometres southeast of the region's capital, Katima Mulilo. It serves as the administrative centre of the Kabbe South Constituency. Kabbe South Constituency was established in ...

* Ngoma *

Sangwali Sangwali is a settlement in the Zambezi Region of north-eastern Namibia. Situated 130 kilometres south-west of the region's capital, Katima Mulilo, it serves as the administrative centre of the Judea Lyaboloma Constituency. Sangwali is the Royal ...

* Sibbinda

Erongo Region

* Dolfynstrand *

Langstrand Langstrand (Afrikaans and German for "Long Beach", which the residential area is often called by English-speaking tourists) is a small beach resort on the Atlantic coast in western Namibia. Langstrand and its neighboring sister resort Dolfynst ...

Okombahe Okombahe is a settlement in the Erongo Region of eastern central Namibia, situated on the Omaruru River north of Karibib. It is regarded as the capital of the ǂNûkhoen ( Damara) tribe; the annual King's Festival is held at the town's ''Gaob M ...

* Omatjette *

Otjimbingwe Otjimbingwe (also: Otjimbingue) is a settlement in the Erongo Region of central Namibia. Otjimbingwe has approximately 8,000 inhabitants and belongs to the Karibib electoral constituency. Otjimbingwe was an important settlement in South West Afr ...

Uis Uis is a settlement located in the Erongo Region, Namibia. It belongs to the Dâures Constituency, Dâures electoral constituency. Located in the former Damaraland, it is known for the local mineral wealth. The settlement was established in 1958 ...

Utuseb Utuseb is a small settlement in the Erongo Region in western central Namibia. It is situated in the Namib Desert, approximately from Walvis Bay on the banks of Kuiseb River. Utuseb has approximately 700 inhabitants and belongs to the Walvis Bay ...

Wlotzkasbaken Wlotzkasbaken or Wlotzka's Baken (, often shortened to Wlotzka or Wlotzkas) is a holiday settlement on Namibia Atlantic coast, situated approximately halfway between Swakopmund and Hentiesbay. The area around the village lies within the Dorob N ...

Otjozondjupa Region

Abenab Abenab () is a settlement in the Otjozondjupa Region of central Namibia, situated north of Grootfontein Grootfontein (, named after the nearby hot springs) is a city with 26,839 inhabitants in the Otjozondjupa Region of central Namibia. It is ...

* Hochfeld *

Kalkfeld Kalkfeld is a settlement in the Otjozondjupa Region of Namibia. It is situated halfway between Omaruru, Namibia, Omaruru and Otjiwarongo on the national road C33 and belongs to the Omatako Constituency, Omatako electoral constituency. The place ...

Kombat Kombat is a mine and its associated List of villages and settlements in Namibia, settlement at the southern margin of the Otavi Mountain Range in northern Namibia. It is situated East of Otavi on the B8 road (Namibia), B8 to Grootfontein. Komba ...

* Okamatapati *

Osire Osire is a refugee camp in central Namibia, situated 200 km north of the capital Windhoek next to the main road C30 road (Namibia), C30 from Gobabis to Otjiwarongo. It was established in 1992 to accommodate refugees from Angola, Burundi, the Democra ...

Tsumkwe Tsumkwe ( Juǀʼhoan: Tjumǃkui) is a settlement in the Otjozondjupa Region of northeastern Namibia and the district capital of the Tsumkwe electoral constituency. It had about 500 inhabitants in 2012. People Tsumkwe is known as the capital of t ...

* Vyf Rand

Omaheke Region

Aminuis Aminuis is a cluster of small settlements in the remote eastern part of the Omaheke Region of Namibia, located about 500 km east of Windhoek. It is the district capital of the Aminuis electoral constituency. Economy and Infrastructure Ami ...

Buitepos Buitepos () is a small settlement in the Omaheke Region in eastern Namibia. It is situated on the national road B6 road (Namibia), B6 which is part of the Trans-Kalahari Highway, and a border post between Namibia and Botswana. The proposed Trans- ...

* Donkerbos *

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Eiseb Eiseb, also Eiseb Block, is a settlement in the Omaheke Region of Namibia. It is named after the Eiseb River, an ephemeral river (''omuramba'') in the Kalahari Desert. Eiseb is situated on the District road D1635 northeast of Tallismanus and ...

Epukiro Epukiro is a cluster of small settlements in the remote eastern part of the Omaheke Region of Namibia, situated about northeast of the regional capital Gobabis. The centre of the populated area is the Catholic mission station. Epukiro had about ...

* Ezorongondo *

Okazapamba Okazapamba is a settlement in the Otjinene Constituency in the Omaheke Region of eastern Namibia. It is mostly inhabited by Herero people and a minor group of the San people The San peoples (also Saan), or Bushmen, are the members of any of ...

Omitara Omitara is a settlement in the Steinhausen electoral constituency in the Omaheke Region of Namibia. Together with the adjacent village of Otjivero — the two places are often referred to as one — it had a population of approximately 1,200 as ...

* Onderombapa *

Ovituua Ovituua is a settlement in the Epukiro Constituency of the Omaheke Region in Namibia Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country on the west coast of Southern Africa. Its borders include the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Angol ...

* Sonneblom * Tallismanus * Tsjaka

Khomas Region

* Baumgartsbrunn * Brakwater * Döbra * Dordabis * Mix camp * Neudamm * Seeis *

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Hardap Region

* Groot Aub *

Hoachanas Hoachanas (Khoekhoe language, Khoekhoe: ) is a List of villages and settlements in Namibia, settlement of 3,000 inhabitants in the Hardap Region of southern central Namibia, located northeast of Kalkrand. It is situated at the junction of the m ...

* Khauxas * Klein Aub * Uibis * Rietoog * Schlip

ǁKaras Region

Ariamsvlei Ariamsvlei is a settlement of about 500 people in the ǁKaras Region of southern Namibia and a border post between Namibia and South Africa, located east of Karasburg on the national B3 road. It lies at above sea level. The border post with ...

Asab Asab (Khoekhoe language, Nama: ''new (male)'') is a settlement in the Hardap Region of southern Namibia. It is situated on the B1 road (Namibia), B1 national road about halfway between Mariental, Namibia, Mariental and Keetmanshoop. east of Asa ...

* Aus *

Aussenkehr Aussenkehr (, referring to the flow of the Orange at this location) is a farm and a settlement on the banks of the Orange River in the south of Namibia right on the border with South Africa. Aussenkehr falls within the Karasburg Constituency of t ...

- in the process of gaining town status * Blouwes, north-east of

Keetmanshoop Keetmanshoop is a town in the ǁKaras Region of southern Namibia. It is named after , a German Empire, German industrialist and benefactor of the city. Keetmanshoop had a population of 27,862 people in 2023. History Before the colonial era, ...

* Grünau * Helmeringhausen * Kosis * Narubis *

Noordoewer Noordoewer is a settlement in the ǁKaras Region of southern Namibia. Its name means 'North Bank' in Afrikaans, in reference to the north bank of the Orange River, on which it is located. The village lies opposite the South African town of Viool ...

Rosh Pinah Rosh Pinah is a mining town located in southern Namibia, close to the border with South Africa. It is situated south of Keetmanshoop in Namibia's ǁKaras Region. West of the town lies Diamond Area 1, the main diamond mining area of Namibia. Ro ...

Seeheim Seeheim is a settlement in the ǁKaras Region of southern Namibia. The only notable structures in Seeheim today are the hotel and the railway station; only a handful of people live there. Seeheim belongs to the Keetmanshoop Rural electoral con ...

* Snyfontein * Warmbad