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Namibia Map

Latitude: -22.95764 Longtitude: 18.49041

Location:

Southern Africa, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Angola and South Africa

Border Countries:

Angola 1,376 km, Botswana 1,360 km, South Africa 967 km, Zambia 233 km

Terrain:

mostly high plateau; Namib Desert along coast; Kalahari Desert in east

Geography:

first country in the world to incorporate the protection of the environment into its constitution; some 14% of the land is protected, including virtually the entire Namib Desert coastal strip

Capital:

Windhoek

About Namibia

South Africa occupied the German colony of South-West Africa during World War I and administered it as a mandate until after World War II, when it annexed the territory. In 1966 the Marxist South-West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) guerrilla group launched a war of independence for the area that was soon named Namibia, but it was not until 1988 that South Africa agreed to end its administration in accordance with a UN peace plan for the entire region. Namibia has been governed by SWAPO since the country won independence in 1990. Hifikepunye POHAMBA was elected president in November 2004 in a landslide victory replacing Sam NUJOMA who led the country during its first 14 years of self rule.

Population:

2088669

Language:

English 7% (official), Afrikaans common language of most of the population and about 60% of the white population, German 32%, indigenous languages 1% (includes Oshivambo, Herero, Nama)

Religion:

Christian 80% to 90% (Lutheran 50% at least), indigenous beliefs 10% to 20%

Phone Service:

good system with a combined fixed-line and mobile-cellular teledensity of about 30 per 100 persons

Currency:

Namibian dollar (NAD); South African rand (ZAR)

Climate:

desert; hot, dry; rainfall sparse and erratic

Natural Hazards:

prolonged periods of drought