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Hardap is one of the fourteen regions of Namibia, its capital is Mariental. It is home to the Hardap Dam. Hardap stretches the entire width of Namibia, from the Atlantic Ocean in the west to Namibia's eastern national border. In the northeast, it borders the Kgalagadi District of Botswana, and in the southeast, it borders the Northern Cape Province of South Africa. Domestically, it borders the following regions: Erongo – northwest Khomas – north central Omaheke – northeast ǁKaras – south == Politics == The Governor of Hardap Region is Esme Sophia Isaack, succeeding Katrina Hanse-Himarwa in 2015. In February 2009, Hanse-Himarwa was condemned by the National Society for Human Rights of Namibia for declaring Hardap Region "SWAPO territory" and urging supporters not to allow other political parties to "invade" the region. In the 2004 Presidential election, the region supported Hifikepunye Pohamba of SWAPO with a narrow majority of the votes (52%), following by Ben Ulenga of Congress of Democrats (21%) and Katuutire Kaura of the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance (16%). Four other candidates combined for the 11%.The region comprises eight political constituencies: Gibeon Mariental Rural Mariental Urban Rehoboth Rural Rehoboth Urban East Rehoboth Urban West Aranos (created in 2013) Daweb (created in 2013)In the 2015 regional elections Swapo won seven of the eight constituencies with only Rehoboth Urban West narrowly won by the opposition. == Economy and infrastructure == Hardap has 55 schools with a total of 21,886 pupils. The region has good infrastructure with well-developed road networks. SOURCESWikipedia