Namibia
country
Windhoek
capital city
Afrikaans, German, English, Herero
language(s)
NAD
currency
825,418 km²
area
2,030,692
population
2.46 people/km²
population density
Namibia
Regions of Namibia
- Bethanien
- Boesmanland
- Caprivi
- Caprivi Oos
- Damaraland
- Erongo
- Gobabis
- Grootfontein
- Hardap
- Hereroland Oos
- Hereroland Wes
- Kaokoland
- Karas
- Karasburg
- Karibib
- Kavango
- Keetmanshoop
- Khomas
- Khomas
- Kunene
- Lüderitz
- Maltahöhe
- Mariental
- Namaland
- Ohangwena
- Okahandja
- Okavango
- Omaheke
- Omaruru
- Omusati
- Oshana
- Oshikoto
- Otjiwarongo
- Otjozondjupa
- Outjo
- Owambo
- Rehoboth
- Swakopmund
- Tsumeb
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Namibia description
Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in southern Africa on the Atlantic coast. It shares borders with Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east, and South Africa to the south. It gained independence from South Africa in 1990 and its capital city is Windhoek (German: Windhuk). Namibia is a member state of the United Nations (UN), the Southern African Development Community (SADC), the African Union (AU), and the Commonwealth of Nations. It is named after the Namib Desert. At 825.418 km2 (318.7 sq mi),[4] Namibia is the world's thirty-fourth largest country (after Venezuela). After Mongolia, Namibia is the least densely populated country in the world (2.5 inhabitants per square kilometre (6.5 /sq mi)). The Namibian landscape consists generally of five geographical areas, each with characteristic abiotic conditions and vegetation with some variation within and overlap between them: the Central Plateau, the Namib Desert, the Escarpment, the Bushveld, and the Kalahari Desert. Although the climate is generally extremely dry, there are a few exceptions. The cold, north-flowing Benguela current accounts for some of the low precipitation. The Central Plateau runs from north to south, bordered by the Skeleton Coast to the north west, the Namib Desert and its coastal plains to the south west, the Orange River to the south, and the Kalahari Desert to the east. The Central Plateau is home to the highest point in Namibia at Königstein elevation 2,606 meters (8,550 ft).
