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 |
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government |
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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 |
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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 |
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administrative |
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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 |