REPUBLIC OF NAMIBIA
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| Official Name : | REPUBLIC OF NAMIBIA |
| Land Area: | 825,418 square kilometres / 317,468 square miles. |
| Population: | 2,030,000 (est July 2005). Density 2.5 persons per square kilometre. |
| Languages: | English (official), Afrikaans, Ovambo, Herero, German, Khoisan, others. |
| Religions: | Protestant Christian 90%, Traditional 10%. |
| Capital: | Windhoek. Population 150,000 |
| Currency: | Namibian dollar , divided into 100 cents. |
| Independant: | 21 March 1990, from South Africa. |
| Geography: | From north to south, the arid and infertile Namib Desert forms a rocky coastal belt averaging 100 kilometres wide. Inland, the central plateau includes the massifs Tsaris, Anas and Erongo, sloping south and east to meet the Kalahari Desert. |
National
Flag - Ratio 2:3 | Position
in Africa |
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Climate
in Windhoek - elevation 1728m / 5670ft | |
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