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Key facts
- Country
- Namibia
- Capital
- Swakopmund
- Governor
- Natalia ǀGoagoses
- Total
- 63,539 km (24,533 sq mi)
- Density
- 3.7804/km (9.7913/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+2 ( CAT )
- Hdi 2017
- 0.711 , high · 2nd
- Website
- www .erc .com .na
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- region of Namibia
- Country
- Namibia
- Located in
- Namibia
- Contains
- Walvis Bay Urban Constituency
- Capital
- Swakopmund
- Population
- 150809
- Area
- 63719
- Time zone
- Central Africa Time
- Shares border with
- Kunene Region
- Official website
- www.erc.com.na
- Image
- NamibNaukluftParkDunes.JPG
- Licence plate code
- AR
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- Commons category
- Erongo
- topic's main category
- Category:Erongo Region
- language used
- Afrikaans
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
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, Henties Bay and Omaruru, as well as the towns Arandis, Karibib and Usakos. All the main centres within this region are connected by paved roads.
The Erongo Region had a population of 150,809 in 2011. As of 2020, it had 119,784 registered voters.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Erongo Region” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.