Known as South-West Africa prior to 1968 (former German colony at the turn of the 18th/19th century).
Namibia is divided into 13 regions, and these into 102 constituencies.
The hierarchy using districts, currently employed in Mindat, is outdated (in 1992, Namibia was reorganized from 26 districts to 13 regions).
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References
- Anhaeusser, C. R. and Maske, S., eds. (1986): Mineral Deposits of Southern Africa. 2 Vols, 2376 pp. Geological Society of South Africa, Johannesburg.
- Daul, J., Bauer, K. & Moser, P. (1993): Bergbau in Namiba - Erfahrungen einer Studienreise. Institut für Bergbaukunde, Bergtechnik und Bergwirtschaft, Wissenschaftliche Schriftenreihe No. 3, Leoben, Austria, 130 pp (in German).
- Bahmann, U. and A., Eds. (2001): Namibia – Zauberwelt edler Steine und Kristalle, Bode-Verlag, Haltern, Germany, 224 pp. (in German)
- Schneider, G. (2004): The roadside geology of Namibia. Sammlung Geologischer Führer Vol. 97, Gebrüder Borntraeger Verlag, Berlin, 294 pp.
- Bezing, L. von, Bode, R. & Jahn, S. (2007): Namibia. Mineralien und Fundstellen. Edition Schloss Freudenstein, Bode Verlag, Haltern, 856 pp. (in German)
- Schneider, G. (2008): The roadside geology of Namibia. Sammlung Geologischer Führer Vol. 97, 2nd, revised ed., Gebrüder Borntraeger Verlag, Berlin, 294 pp.
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