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Namibia Overview |
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Interesting Facts about Namibia |
Google Map of Namibia |
| Learn about the geography, history, people, climate, government, economy, politics, military, and other aspects of Namibia. We have nine pages of interesting Namibia facts & figures: on everything from transportation and communications systems to natural hazards to transitional issues facing .Namibia. When you hear another country being discussed on the news, visit WorldCountries.info and gets the facts. |
| Area |
total: 825,418 sq km land: 825,418 sq km water: 0 sq km |
| Climate |
desert; hot, dry; rainfall sparse and erratic |
| Population |
2,055,080 note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2007 est.) |
| Languages |
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) |
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Official Tourism Site
Namibia never fails to enthral its visitors, to charge the fantasies and imaginations of narrators in their efforts to aptly describe the many-facetted grandeur and harsh splendour of this desert country. So many words have been written and told, and still poets do not tire to invent attributes to do justice to its unique, ever-varying magnificence.
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New Era - The Southern Times
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Nambian.org
One of those rare travel guide sites which actually bothers to give you a wealth of information about the destination country. You will want to see Nambia if you spend much time on this site.
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CIA World Factbook Description of 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 won its independence in 1990 and has been governed by SWAPO since. 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. |
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Nambia! |
| There are many reasons to visit Namibia,
the wide open spaces; the Skeleton Coast and the Etosha National
Park which is widely regarded as one of Africa's best areas
for game viewing. Probably the single most scenic destination
is the dunes of Sossusvlei
in the Namib Desert, the dunes are the highest
in the world and the ever changing colours and shapes create
an impression that will stay with you forever |
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