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Namibia
republic, sovereign state, country
Part ofSouthern Africa, European Union tax haven blacklist Edit
Year dem found am1990 Edit
Official nameNamibia, République de Namibie Edit
Native labelRepublic of Namibia, Republiek van Namibië, Republik Namibia Edit
Short name🇳🇦 Edit
Dem name afterNamib Edit
Official languageEnglish Edit
AnthemNamibia, Land of the Brave Edit
Cultureculture of Namibia Edit
Motto textUnity, Liberty, Justice, Endless horizons, Undod, Rhyddid, Cyfiawnder Edit
ContinentAfrica Edit
CountryNamibia Edit
CapitalWindhoek Edit
Located in time zoneUTC+02:00, Africa/Windhoek Edit
Located in or next to body of waterAtlantic Ocean Edit
Located in/on physical featureSouthern Africa Edit
Coordinate location23°0′0″S 17°0′0″E Edit
Coordinates of easternmost point17°47′26″S 25°15′42″E Edit
Coordinates of northernmost point16°58′12″S 13°9′0″E, 16°57′49″S 13°10′7″E Edit
Coordinates of southernmost point28°58′9″S 19°7′12″E Edit
Coordinates of westernmost point17°15′0″S 11°45′2″E Edit
Highest pointBrandberg Edit
Lowest pointAtlantic Ocean Edit
Office held by head of statePresident of the Republic of Namibia Edit
State ein headNangolo Mbumba Edit
Office head of government holdPrime Minister of the Republic of Namibia Edit
Government ein headSaara Kuugongelwa Edit
Executive bodyGovernment of Namibia Edit
Legislative bodyParliament of Namibia Edit
Central bankBank of Namibia Edit
CurrencyNamibian dollar, rand Edit
Dey share bother plusAngola, Zambia, Botswana, South Africa Edit
Driving sideleft Edit
Electrical plug typeAC power plugs and sockets: British and related types, BS 546 Edit
Dey replaceSouth-West Africa Edit
Studied inNamibian studies Edit
Dema official websitehttps://gov.na/ Edit
HashtagNamibia Edit
Top-level Internet domain.na Edit
FlagFlag of Namibia Edit
Coat of armscoat of arms of Namibia Edit
Geography of topicgeography of Namibia Edit
Get characteristicfree country Edit
History of topichistory of Namibia Edit
Economy of topiceconomy of Namibia Edit
Demographics of topicdemographics of Namibia Edit
Mobile country code649 Edit
Country calling code+264 Edit
Trunk prefix0 Edit
Emergency phone number112, 10111 Edit
Licence plate codeNAM Edit
Maritime identification digits659 Edit
Unicode character🇳🇦 Edit
Category for maps or plansCategory:Maps of Namibia Edit
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Namibia (/nəˈmɪbiə/ ⓘ, /næˈ-/),[1][2] officially de Republic of Namibia, be a country insyd Southern Africa. Ein western border be de Atlantic Ocean. E dey share land borders plus Angola den Zambia to de north, Botswana to de east den South Africa to de east den south. Although e no dey border Zimbabwe, less dan 200 metres (660 feet) of de Botswanan right bank of de Zambezi River dey separate de two countries. Ein capital den largest city be Windhoek.

De driest country insyd sub-Saharan Africa,[3] Na dem inhabit Namibia since pre-historic times by de Khoi, San, Damara den Nama people. Around de 14th century, immigrating Bantu peoples arrive as part of de Bantu expansion. From 1600 de Ovambo form kingdoms, such as Ondonga den Oukwanyama.[4]

Namibia be a member state of de United Nations, de Southern African Development Community, de African Union den de Commonwealth of Nations.

Geography

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Sand dunes of de Namib desert
Fish River Canyon

At 825,615 km2 (318,772 sq mi),[5] Namibia be de world ein thirty-fourth largest country (after Venezuela). E dey lie mostly between latitudes 17° den 29°S (a small area be north of 17°), den longitudes 11° den 26°E.

E dey situate between de Namib den de Kalahari deserts, Namibia get de least rainfall of any country insyd sub-Saharan Africa.[6]

De Namibian landscape dey consist generally of five geographical areas, each plus characteristic abiotic conditions den vegetation, plus sam variation within wey dey overlap between dem: de Central Plateau, de Namib, de Great Escarpment, de Bushveld, den de Kalahari Desert.

De Central Plateau dey run from north to south, border by de Skeleton Coast to de northwest, de Namib Desert den ein coastal plains to de southwest, de Orange River to de south, den de Kalahari Desert to de east. De Central Plateau be home to de highest point insyd Namibia for Königstein elevation 2,606 metres (8,550 ft).[7]

Urban settlements

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Namibia ge 13 cities, govern by municipalities den 26 towns, govern by town councils.[8][9] De capital Windhoek be by far de largest urban settlement insyd Namibia.

Largest cities anaa towns insyd Namibia

According to de 2023 Census[10]

Rank Name Region Pop.
1 Windhoek Khomas 486,169
2 Rundu Kavango East 118,625
3 Walvis Bay Erongo 102,704
4 Swakopmund Erongo 75,921
5 Oshakati Oshana 58,696
6 Otjiwarongo Otjozondjupa 49,022
7 Katima Mulilo Zambezi 46,401
8 Okahandja Otjozondjupa 45,159
9 Rehoboth Hardap 40,788
10 Tsumeb Oshikoto 34,960

Wildlife

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Namibia get various species of wildlife wey dey include de wild dog, dik dik den critically endangered black rhino. Der be 200 terrestrial mammal species, 645 bird species den 115 fish species.[11][12]

Government den politics

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Tintenpalast, de centre of Namibia ein government

Administrative divisions

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Population density insyd Namibia by regions (census 2011)

De table below dey show statistics from de 2023 Namibia Population den Housing Census:

Region Population (2023) People per km2 Average household size
Khomas 494,605 13.4 3.3
Ohangwena 337,729 31.5 4.8
Omusati 316,671 11.9 4.2
Oshikoto 257,302 6.7 4.1
Erongo 240,206 3.8 3.1
Oshana 230,801 26.7 3.7
Otjozondjupa 220,811 2.1 3.6
Kavango East 218,421 9.1 5.3
Zambezi 142,373 9.7 3.7
Kavango West 123,266 5.0 5.5
Kunene 120,762 1.0 3.8
Hardap 106,680 1.0 3.6
ǁKaras 109,893 0.7 3.1
Omaheke 102,881 1.2 3.3

Dem dey elect regional councillors directly elected thru secret ballots (regional elections) by de inhabitants of dema constituencies.[13]

Local authorities insyd Namibia fi be in de form of municipalities (either Part 1 anaa Part 2 municipalities), town councils anaa villages.[14]

Demographics

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De 2011 Population den Housing Census count 2,113,077 inhabitants. Between 2001 den 2011 na de annual population growth be 1.4%, down from 2.6% insyd de previous ten-year period.[15] Insyd 2023, de Namibia Statistics Agency conduct anoda census, wich count 3,022,401 inhabitants.[16]

Ethnic groups

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De Namibian population dey comprise Bantu den Khoisan peoples. De Bantu groups dey include de Herero, Kavango, Lozi, Ovambo, den Tswana peoples. De Khoisan groups encompass de Baster/Coloured, Damara, Nama, den San peoples. Der be a substantial Chinese minority insyd Namibia; e stand for 40,000 insyd 2006.[17]

Himba people insyd northern Namibia

Education

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Secondary school students

Chaw schools insyd Namibia be state-run, buh der be sam private schools, wich sanso be part of de country ein education system. Der be four teacher training universities, three colleges of agriculture, a police training college, den three universities: University of Namibia (UNAM), International University of Management (IUM) den Namibia University of Science and Technology (NUST). Na dem rank Namibia 102nd insyd de Global Innovation Index for 2024 insyd.[18]

De 2018 Namibia Labour Force Survey dey indicate say 99,536 people within de working age population get tertiary education of any level (6.6% of de working age population), while 21,922 (1.5% of de working age population) of dese get postgraduate education.

Age group No education Primary Junior secondary Senior secondary Technical/vocational certificate anaa diploma Currently insyd year 1, 2 anaa 3 of tertiary education University certificate, diploma anaa degree Postgraduate certificate, diploma anaa degree
15–19 10,695 89,696 112,104 23,588 508 1,558 299 44
20–24 19,090 37,177 99,661 58,909 6,185 9,498 6,019 212
25–29 13,757 31,278 81,909 53,019 7,263 9,035 16,294 3,840
30–34 13,753 25,656 73,216 39,969 4,886 3,161 15,520 2,764
35–39 13,030 24,926 55,816 30,999 3,497 2,582 10,831 3,290
40–44 16,042 24,602 38,462 26,786 3,508 1,605 7,284 2,603
45–49 12,509 24,743 27,780 18,883 1,180 896 6,752 2,663
50–54 12,594 22,360 20,641 10,810 891 582 5,529 2,522
55–59 12,754 19,927 13,654 5,487 825 848 4,064 1,712
60–64 13,832 14,578 8,006 2,764 584 459 2,135 1,570
65+ 49,043 31,213 10,033 3,415 775 389 2,886 702
Total 187,100 346,157 541,281 274,628 30,101 30,612 77,615 21,922

De table wey dey follow dey show de 2018 Namibia Labour Force Survey employment statistics by education. Employment rates insyd Namibia generally increase plus education status. A high school education typically dey ensure greater employment rates dan those plus no education anaa those plus primary anaa junior secondary education as dema highest achievement. Namibians plus a university certificate, diploma anaa degree get a significantly higher employment rate for 76.4%, while postgraduate education holders be most likely make dem employ dem plus an employment rate of 83.8% insyd 2018.[19]

No education Primary Junior secondary Senior secondary Technical/vocational certificate anaa diploma Currently insyd year 1, 2 anaa 3 of tertiary education University certificate, diploma anaa degree Postgraduate certificate, diploma anaa degree
Total 187,100 346,157 541,281 274,628 30,101 30,612 77,615 21,922
Employed 85,352 146,089 229,259 146,874 16,292 12,595 59,328 18,378
% Employed 45.6% 42.2% 42.4% 53.5% 54.1% 41.1% 76.4% 83.8%

References

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  1. ↑ Wells, John C. (2008), Longman Pronunciation Dictionary (3rd ed.), Longman, ISBN 978-1405881180
  2. ↑ Roach, Peter (2011), Cambridge English Pronouncing Dictionary (18th ed.), Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, ISBN 978-0521152532
  3. ↑ Peter Shadbolt (24 October 2012). "Namibia country profile: moving on from a difficult past". CNN. Archived from the original on 20 February 2020. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
  4. ↑ Williams, Frieda-Nela (1991). Precolonial Communities of Southwestern Africa: A history of Owambo Kingdoms 1600-1920 (PDF). National Archives of Namibia. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2024-03-07. Retrieved 2024-03-07.
  5. ↑ "Rank Order – Area". CIA World Fact Book. Archived from the original on 9 February 2014. Retrieved 12 April 2008.
  6. ↑ Brandt, Edgar (21 September 2012). "Land degradation causes poverty". New Era. Archived from the original on 20 October 2014. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
  7. ↑ "Landsat.usgs.gov". Landsat.usgs.gov. Archived from the original on 7 September 2008. Retrieved 26 June 2010.
  8. ↑ "Know Your Local Authority". Election Watch. No. 3. Institute for Public Policy Research. 2015. p. 4.
  9. ↑ Hartman, Adam (27 August 2010). "Town regrading a 'sad move'". The Namibian. p. 1. Archived from the original on 17 March 2012.
  10. ↑ "Namibia". citypopulation.de. Archived from the original on 19 June 2019. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
  11. ↑ Simmons, R. E.; Griffin, M.; Griffin, R. E.; Marais, E.; Kolberg, H. (1 April 1998). "Endemism in Namibia: patterns, processes and predictions". Biodiversity & Conservation. 7 (4): 513–530. doi:10.1023/A:1008879712736. ISSN 1572-9710. S2CID 22160591. Archived from the original on 18 May 2024. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
  12. ↑ Curtis, Barbara; Roberts, Kevin S.; Griffin, Michael; Bethune, Shirley; Hay, Clinton J.; Kolberg, Holger (1 April 1998). "Species richness and conservationof Namibian freshwater macro-invertebrates,fish and amphibians". Biodiversity & Conservation. 7 (4): 447–466. doi:10.1023/A:1008871410919. ISSN 1572-9710.
  13. ↑ "Namibia National Council". Inter-Parliamentary Union. Archived from the original on 10 May 2011. Retrieved 14 July 2010.
  14. ↑ "Local Authorities". Association of Local Authorities in Namibia. Archived from the original on 10 June 2013. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
  15. ↑ Duddy, Jo Maré (28 March 2013). "Census gives snapshot of Namibia's population". The Namibian. Archived from the original on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  16. ↑ "Namibia Statistics Agency | Census Disemination". Retrieved 13 August 2024.
  17. ↑ Malia Politzer (August 2008). "China and Africa: Stronger Economic Ties Mean More Migration". Migration Information Source. Archived from the original on 29 January 2014. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
  18. ↑ World Intellectual Property Organization (2024). "Global Innovation Index 2024. Unlocking the Promise of Social Entrepreneurship". www.wipo.int. Geneva. p. 18. doi:10.34667/tind.50062. ISBN 978-92-805-3681-2. Retrieved 2024-10-22.
  19. ↑ "Cirrus Data". cirrus.com.na. Archived from the original on 9 November 2023. Retrieved 9 November 2023.

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