SOCIAL STUDIES

 OUR REGIONS AND SETTLEMENT 

REGIONS OF NAMIBIA 

●Namibia, located in south of the African continent,is divided into 14 administrative regions. 

●Although each region has limited power, it has regional administrations. 

●After the independence of the country,the regions were legally determined on 3 March 1992 and the system was put into practice. 

●Delimitation commission of Namibia is the only authority in the country in terms of numbers,size or division of regions. 

●Namibia is divided into 14 regions, the highest administrative division. 

●Regions of Namibia are Kunene,Omusati,Oshana,Ohangwena ,Ohikoto Kavango West, Kavango Easter ,Zambezi  Erongo,Otjozondjupa ,Omaheke, Khomas, Hardap and//karas 

Now look at regions of Namibia in the map.


SETTLEMENT 

What is settlement?

●Settlement is a place where people live.A settlement may be a small as a single house in a remote areas or as large as mega city (a city with over 10 million residents).Settlement can also defined as a collection of buildings with people living in them.


Two types of settlement 

A.Rural settlement 

●Majority of its inhabitants are involved in activities like farming, fishing, forestry, mining. 

●The pattern of rural settlement can carry from a single farm to a cluster of houses.(dispread,linear and nuclear ). 

●They are normally made up of few buildings. They have few social amenities and the life is simple and quite.

●They are normally involved in primary activities. 

●They have people with the same cultural background and language. 





B)Urban settlement 

●The majority of people are engage in non-rural activity. 

●They work in office, shops and factories, operate machinery, provide health care or other services. 

●Urban settlement can be small like 1000 people or can be as large as Tokyo-Yokohama in Japan with over 30 million people. 

●They are mainly involved in secondary, tertiary and quaternary industries. 

●They are made up of many buildings with thousands of people living in them. 





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