Namibia
From Wikipedia
Motto: "Unity, Liberty, Justice" | |
Anthem: Namibia, Land of the Brave | |
Capital | Windhoek Template:Coor dm |
Largest city | Windhoek |
Official language(s) | English1 |
Government | Republic |
- President | Hifikepunye Pohamba |
- Prime minister | Nahas Angula |
Independence | from South Africa |
- Date | March 21 1990 |
Area | |
- Total | 825,418 km² (34th) |
318,696 sq mi | |
- Water (%) | negligible |
Population | |
- July 2005 est. | 2,031,0002 (144th) |
- 2002 census | 1,820,916 |
- DensityTotal | 2.5/km² (225th) 6.5/sq mi |
GDP (PPP) | 2005 estimate |
- Total | $15.14 billion (123rd) |
- Per capita | $7,478 (83rd) |
HDI (2004) | Template:Decrease 0.626 (125th) – medium |
Currency | Namibian dollar (NAD ) |
Time zone | WAT (UTC+1) |
- Summer (DST) | WAST (UTC+2) |
Internet TLD | .na |
Calling code | +264 |
1 German and Afrikaans were official languages until independence in 1990. The majority of the population speaks Afrikaans as a second language, while Oshiwambo is the first language of half the population. German is spoken by 32% of the European community whereas English is only spoken by 7%[1]. 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. |
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.
Contents |
[edit] See also
Template:Columns
[edit] Lists
- List of cities in Namibia
- List of Namibia-related topics
- National parks
[edit] External links
Template:Sisterlinks
- Government
- Republic of Namibia - Namibian Governmental Portal
- [1] Constitution of the Republic of Namibia
- http://www.embnamibia.at - EMBASSY / PERMANENT MISSION OF THE REPUBLIC OF NAMIBIA in Austria
- News
- The Namibian - (in English)
- Die Republikein - (in Afrikaans)
- Allgemeine Zeitung Namibia - (in German)
- New Era - (in English)
- Insight Namibia - (in English)
- The Economist - (in English)
- Namibia PLUS - (in German and English)
- The Caprivi Vision - (in English)
- Travel News Namibia - (in German, English, French and Italian)
- Social Research
- Debie LeBeau's development research on Namibia - (English)
- History
- Dr Klaus Dierks' Chronology of Namibian History - (English)
- Dr Klaus Dierks' Database of Biographies of Notable Namibian Figures in History - (English)
- Overviews
- BBC News - Country Profile: Namibia
- UK Foreign Office's profile of Namibia
- United States State Department Background Note: Namibia
- CIA World Factbook - Namibia
- Open Directory Project - Namibia directory category
- US State Department - Namibia includes Background Notes, Country Study and major reports
- Tourism
- Namibia Tourism Board (official English Website)
- Namibia Tourism Board in Germany (official German Website)
- Other
- Photos of Namibia By Africa.it
- Map
- U.S. Embassy to Namibia
- Goethe Institut Windhoek (in German)
- Namibian Broadcasting Corporation - National TV and radio service
- Namibia Constitution
- Desert Research Foundation of Namibia - Environmental and development NGO based in Windhoek
- Gobabeb Training & Research Centre - Centre for ecological and development research and training in the Namib-Naukluft Park
- University of Namibia - Traditional University
- Polytechnic of Namibia - University of Technology
- "Namibia and the Global Democratic Revolution", lecture by Michael Johns to the University of Pretoria (Pretoria, South Africa), Heritage Foundation Lecture #224, November 1, 1989, ISSN 0272-1155.
- Scenic Pictures South Namibia - (in English and Afrikaans)
[edit] References
- AIDSinAfrica.net Web Publication (2007), Retrieved May 20, 2007. From http://www.aidsinafrica.net/
- Christy, S.A. (2007) Namibian Travel Photography
- Community Based Natural Resource Management (CBNRM) Programme Details (n.d.). http://www.met.gov.na/programmes/cbnrm/cbnrmHome.htm
- Cowling, S. 2001. Succulent Karoo (AT 1322) World Wildlife Fund Website: www.worldwildlife.org/wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/at/at1322_full.html
- Korenromp, E.L., Williams, B.G., de Vlas, S.J., Gouws, E., Gilks, C.F., Ghys, P.D., Nahlen, B.L. (2005). Malaria Attributable to the HIV-1 Epidemic, Sub-Saharan Africa. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 11, 9, 1410-1419.
- Lange, Glenn-marie. Wealth, Natural Capital, and Sustainable Development: Contrasting Examples from Botswana and Namibia. Environmental & Resource Economics; Nov 2004, Vol. 29 Issue 3, pp. 257–83, 27 p.
- Fritz, Jean-Claude . La Namibie indépendante. Les coûts d'une décolonisation retardée, Paris, L'Harmattan, 1991.
- Spriggs, A. 2001. Namib Desert (AT1315) World Wildlfe Fund Website: www.worldwildlife.org/wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/at/at1315_full.html
- Spriggs, A. 2001. Namibian Savannah Woodlands (AT1316) World Wildlfe Fund Website: www.worldwildlife.org/wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/at/at1316_full.html
- Spriggs, A. 2001. Namibian Savannah Woodlands (AT0709) World Wildlife Fund Website: www.worldwildlife.org/wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/at/at0709_full.html
- Stefanova K. 2005. Protecting Namibia’s Natural Resources. EjournalUSA. http://usinfo.state.gov/journals/ites/0805/ijee/stefanova.htm
- UNEP, UNDP, WRI, and World Bank. 2005. Nature in Local Hands: The Case for Namibia’s Conservancies. http://www.wri.org/biodiv/pubs_content_text.cfm?cid=3842
- World Almanac. 2004. World Almanac Books. New York, NY