Explore Namibia in Africa - Namibia Tourism Info

Description and Basic Information

Namibia with its capital Windhoek is located in Africa (Southern Africa, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean). It covers some 825,419 square kilometres (slightly more than half the size of Alaska) with 2,063,000 citizens. English, Afrikaans, German, Herero and are languages spoken by the majority in Namibia (consider regional differences). South Africa, Botswana, Zambia and Angola are bordering countries.

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About Namibia

The terrain offersmostly high plateau with Namib Desert along coast and Kalahari Desert in east. The average density of population is about 2 per km². The climate in can be described as desert with hot, dry, rainfall sparse and erratic. Possible natural disasters include prolonged periods of drought.

To reach someone in Namibia dial +264 prior to a number. There are 142,100 installed telephones. And there are 1,217,000 registered mobile phones. The cellular networks operate on frequencies of 900, 1800 Mhz. Websites typically end with the top level domain ".na". If you want to bring electric appliances (e.g. battery charger), keep in mind the local 220V - 50Hz.

The country consists of 13 regions/states which are listed below.

Regions/States of Namibia

Tourism Information

Official Tourism Office

Website: Namibia Tourism

P.O. Box 13244
Windhoek
Namibia

Phone: +264 61 2906000
Fax: +264 61 254848

Unesco World Heritage Properties

Twyfelfontein or /Ui-//aes

Twyfelfontein or /Ui-//aes has one of the largest concentrations of [...] petroglyphs, i.e. rock engravings in Africa. Most of these well-preserved engravings represent rhinoceros, . The site also...

Demographic Information

Age Distribution in Namibia

Each pair of bars represents a single age group (male/female). Each group is spanning 5 years. E.g. 0 to 5 years, 5 to 10 etc. and group "0 to 5" being at the left end and "100 +" at the right end of the chart.

Natural Population Growth

Population, Migration and Growth: The population in Namibia is growing at an rate of 0.91% (or by 19,369 citizens). Each year 532 people enter this country (or 0.30 per thousand citizens) - making it an immigration country. This leads to an absolute natural increase rate of the population of 0.89%. Or an total increase of 18,837 citizens.

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Geographic information is based on the data provided by geonames.org, CIA factsbook and Unesco.