5.17 REGIONAL GOVERNMENT AREAS - REGIONAL GOVERNMENT AREAS

Data ID

Description:

Regional boundaries, 2001

Chapter:

5 Land and History

File name:

Regional government areas

File type:

Arcview shapefile

Geographical area:

Namibia

Keywords:

regional boundaries

government

regions

Notes on data, analysis and

This shapefile was derived directly from the constituencies shapefile (Fig 5.18) by merging appropriate polygons. The

compilation:

government gazette defining regions was used as a guide in this process.

Data quality and organisation

Positional Accuracy:

1:100 000 scale; 50 - 250 m positional accuracy i.e. the same as Fig 5.32 as this was used in the creation of the

constituencies shapefile

Vector/Raster:

Vector

Spatial reference

Projection:

Geographic

Fields

Field name

Field description

NAME	Region name

Source/Distribution

Data Source:

Atlas of Namibia

Distribution notes:

Unrestricted

5.17 REGIONAL GOVERNMENT AREAS - REGIONAL CENTRES

Data ID

Description:

Locations of administrative offices in each region

Chapter:

5 Land and History

File name:

centres

File type:

Arcview shapefile

Geographical area:

Namibia

Keywords:

regions

administrative

government

Notes on data, analysis and

The thirteen towns/cities which are the administrative centres for each region. Extracted from the shapefile of towns

compilation:

(see Towns and settlements, chapter 6).

Data quality and organisation

Positional Accuracy:

based on co-ordinates

Vector/Raster:

Vector

Spatial reference

Projection:

Geographic

Fields

Field name

Field description

NAME	Name of place

Source/Distribution

Data Source:

Atlas of Namibia

Distribution notes:

Unrestricted