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Namibia
KNOWLEDGE OF Namibia
Area: 824,292 sq km (318,261 sq miles).
Population: 1,826,854 (2001).
Population Density: 2.2 per sq km.
Capital: Windhoek. Population: 216,000 (UN estimate 2001).
GEOGRAPHY: Namibia is in southwest Africa. It is a large and mainly arid country sharing borders with Angola to the north, Botswana to the east, South Africa to the south and, in the Caprivi Strip, a narrow panhandle of Namibian territory jutting from the northeast corner of the country, with Zambia and Zimbabwe. To the west is 1280km (795 miles) of some of the most desolate and lonely coastline in the world. The port of Walvis Bay, situated roughly halfway down Namibia’s coast, was returned by South Africa to Namibian jurisdiction in February 1994. Along its entire length, the vast shifting sand dunes of the Namib Desert spread inland for 80 to 130km (50 to 80 miles). In the interior, the escarpment of a north–south plateau slopes away to the east and north into the vast interior sand basin of the Kalahari. In the far northwest, the 66,000 sq km (25,500 sq miles) of the Kaokoland mountains run along the coast, while further inland lies the Etosha Pan (a dried-out saline lake), surrounded by grasslands and bush which support a large and varied wildlife. The Etosha National Park & Game Reserve is one of the finest in Africa, in that it remains, to a large extent, free of human influence.
Government: Republic. Gained independence from South Africa in 1990. Head of State: President Hifikepunye Pohamba since 2005. Head of Government: Prime Minister Theo-Ben Gurirab since 2002.
Language: English is the official language. Afrikaans is spoken by most people. German, Herero, Kavango, Nama and Ovambo (51 per cent) are also spoken.
Religion: Christian majority (90 per cent).
Time: GMT + 2 (GMT + 1 from the first Sunday of April to the first Sunday in September).
Electricity: 220 volts AC, 50hz. Outlets are of the three-pin type.
Population: 1,826,854 (2001).
Population Density: 2.2 per sq km.
Capital: Windhoek. Population: 216,000 (UN estimate 2001).
GEOGRAPHY: Namibia is in southwest Africa. It is a large and mainly arid country sharing borders with Angola to the north, Botswana to the east, South Africa to the south and, in the Caprivi Strip, a narrow panhandle of Namibian territory jutting from the northeast corner of the country, with Zambia and Zimbabwe. To the west is 1280km (795 miles) of some of the most desolate and lonely coastline in the world. The port of Walvis Bay, situated roughly halfway down Namibia’s coast, was returned by South Africa to Namibian jurisdiction in February 1994. Along its entire length, the vast shifting sand dunes of the Namib Desert spread inland for 80 to 130km (50 to 80 miles). In the interior, the escarpment of a north–south plateau slopes away to the east and north into the vast interior sand basin of the Kalahari. In the far northwest, the 66,000 sq km (25,500 sq miles) of the Kaokoland mountains run along the coast, while further inland lies the Etosha Pan (a dried-out saline lake), surrounded by grasslands and bush which support a large and varied wildlife. The Etosha National Park & Game Reserve is one of the finest in Africa, in that it remains, to a large extent, free of human influence.
Government: Republic. Gained independence from South Africa in 1990. Head of State: President Hifikepunye Pohamba since 2005. Head of Government: Prime Minister Theo-Ben Gurirab since 2002.
Language: English is the official language. Afrikaans is spoken by most people. German, Herero, Kavango, Nama and Ovambo (51 per cent) are also spoken.
Religion: Christian majority (90 per cent).
Time: GMT + 2 (GMT + 1 from the first Sunday of April to the first Sunday in September).
Electricity: 220 volts AC, 50hz. Outlets are of the three-pin type.
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CITIES OF Namibia
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