Namibia
For those who love it, this country offers vast landscapes, pure colours, wild animals - a country for nature lovers!
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Capital: Windhoek
Population: 2mln
Religions: Christian, indigenous beliefs
Languages: English 7%, Oshivambo, Herero, Nama, Afrikaans, German
Climate: The cold Benguela current keeps the coast of the Namib Desert cool, damp and free of rain for most of the year, with a thick coastal fog. Inland, all the rain falls in summer (November to April). Summer temperatures are high while the altitude means that nights are cool. Winter nights can be fairly cold, but days are generally warm and pleasant.
Currency: Namibian dollar (NAD); South African rand (ZAR)
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Exact population: 2,044,147 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 2006 est.)
Literacy: Total population: 84%; male: 84.4%; female: 83.7%
Ethnicities: Black 87.5%, white 6%, mixed 6.5%; note: about 50% of the population belong to the Ovambo tribe and 9% to the Kavangos tribe; other ethnic groups are: Herero 7%, Damara 7%, Nama 5%, Caprivian 4%, Bushmen 3%, Baster 2%, Tswana 0.5%
Area: Total: 825,418 sq km; land: 825,418 sq km; water: 0 sq km
Land boundaries: Total: 3,936 km; border countries: Angola 1,376 km, Botswana 1,360 km, South Africa 967 km, Zambia 233 km
Terrain: Mostly high plateau; Namib Desert along coast; Kalahari Desert in east
Extremes: Lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m; highest point: Konigstein 2,606 m
Imports: US 50%, EU 31% (2004)
Exports: EU 79%, US 4% (2004)
Industries: Meatpacking, fish processing, dairy products; mining (diamond, lead, zinc, tin, silver, tungsten, uranium, copper)
Source: CIA World Factbook
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