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older. The population was divided into 15,039 households, with an average size of 4.4 persons. 34% of households had a female head of house, while 66% had a male. For those 15 years and older, 54% had never married, 30% married with certificate, 1% married traditionally, 9% married consensually, 2% were divorced or separated, and 4% were widowed.
502: 530:(44%). For those 15 years and older, the literacy rate was 83%. Nearly half of the population are from coloured and white Namibian groups. In terms of education, 84% of girls and 83% of boys between the ages of 6–15 were attending school, and of those older than 15, 73% had left school, 9% were currently at school, and 13% had never attended. 190: 548:
For every 1000 live births there were 62 female infant deaths and 64 male. The life expectancy at birth was 53 years for females and 51 for males. Among children younger than 15, 4% had lost a mother, 6% a father, and 1% were orphaned by both parents. 6% of the entire population had a disability, of
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In 2001 the employment rate for the labor force (64% of those 15+) was 66% employed and 34% unemployed. For those 15+ years old and not in the labor force (29%), 29% were students, 37% home-makers, and 33% retired, too old, etc. According to the 2012 Namibia Labour Force Survey, unemployment in the
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was 3.6 children per woman. 46% lived in urban areas while 54% lived in rural areas, and with an area of 109,651 km, the population density was 0.6 persons per km. By age, 13% of the population was under 5 years old, 23% between 5 and 14 years, 55% between 15 and 59 years, and 8% 60 years and
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According to the Namibia 2001 Population and Housing Census, Hardap had a population of 68,249 (33,665 females and 34,579 males or 103 males for every 100 females) growing at an annual rate of 0.3%. The
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Hardap Regional Poverty Profile: based on village-level participatory poverty assessments in Hardap Region, Namibia: October 2005-February 2006
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of Namibia for declaring Hardap Region "SWAPO territory" and urging supporters not to allow other political parties to "invade" the region.
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which 19% were deaf, 47% blind, 7% had a speech disability, 10% hand disability, 28% leg disability, and 6% mental disability.
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Hardap has 55 schools with a total of 21,886 pupils. The region has good infrastructure with well-developed road networks.
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Miyanicwe, Clemans; Kahiurika, Ndanki (27 November 2013). "School counsellors overstretched".
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Hardap Region stood at 28.8%. The two studies are methodologically not comparable.
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in the west to Namibia's eastern national border. In the northeast, it borders the
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As of 2020, Hardap had 52,534 registered voters. The region comprises eight
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with a narrow absolute majority of the votes (52%), following by
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Hardap Dam, outside of Mariental, at sunrise in April 2008
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Hardap stretches the entire width of Namibia, from the
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Election Watch Namibia. Archived from 713:"Regional Council 2020 Election Results" 559:Hardap Regional Council official website 107:109,781 km (42,387 sq mi) 574: 448:SWAPO obtained 65% of the total votes ( 282:, and in the southeast, it borders the 212:question marks, boxes, or other symbols 167: 148: 131: 110: 97: 82: 72: 62: 47: 773:"Hardap Region 2004 President results" 621:"Hardap 2011 Census Regional Profile" 123: 115: 102: 87: 7: 441:, SWAPO won all six constituencies. 845:Menges, Werner (29 November 2015). 747:"Hardap Governor Incites Violence" 605:"Namibia's Population by Region". 25: 723:. 18 January 2021. Archived from 387:National Society for Human Rights 238:, and the self-governed villages 55:Location of the Hardap Region in 1236: 1134: 974:Duddy, Jo Maré (11 April 2013). 188: 49: 900:. 10 April 2015. 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Index

Hardap region
Region
Location of the Hardap Region in Namibia
Namibia
Namibia
Mariental
Salomon April
Time zone
UTC+2
CAT
HDI
5th
hardaprc.gov.na
click symbols
Khoekhoe language
rendering support
question marks, boxes, or other symbols
regions of Namibia
Mariental
Rehoboth
Aranos
Gibeon
Gochas
Kalkrand
Stampriet
Maltahöhe
Hardap Dam
Atlantic Ocean
Kgalagadi District
Botswana

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