Namibia Country Info - Africa

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.

Namibia is in Southern Africa, bordering South Africa, Botswana, Angola, Zambia and the Atlantic Ocean. Namibia is similar to South Africa, and if you're used to travelling in one country, travelling in the other country is quite easy. There are some subtle differences. For example, in South Africa a non-white person may choose to speak English rather than Afrikaans (as a political choice) whereas among Namibia's mixed-race population (who call themselves 'colored' in Namibia and South Africa) Afrikaans is a proud part of their culture, and many people still speak German.

Pictures from Capital (Windhoek)

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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 Namibia 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 following list are the 13 regions/states in Namibia we know off.

Demographic Statistics

In the year 2010, the total Namibian population grew at a rate of 0.91% (or by 19,369 citizens). With 27,606 deaths and 46,443 babies born, the natural increase rate lies at 0.89%. 532 persons more in total immigrated to the country than emmigrated.

An overview of 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.

Based on content from wikitravel.org. The original article can be found here based on the work of these users.
Geographic information is based on the data provided by geonames.org, CIA factsbook and Unesco.