Back Намибиа Abkhazian Namibia ACE Намибие ADY Namibië Afrikaans Namibia ALS ናሚቢያ Amharic Namibia AMI Namibia AN Namibia ANG Namibia ANN
Republic of Namibia | |
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 Coat of arms
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| Motto: "Unity, Liberty, Justice" | |
| Anthem: Namibia, Land of the Brave | |
 Location of Namibia (dark blue) – in Africa (light blue & dark grey) | |
| Capital and largest city | Windhoek 22°34′S 17°5′E / 22.567°S 17.083°E |
| Official languages | English |
| Recognised regional languages | |
| Ethnic groups (2014) | |
| Demonym(s) | Namibian |
| Government | Presidential republic |
| Nangolo Mbumba | |
| Saara Kuugongelwa | |
| Legislature | Parliament |
| National Council | |
| National Assembly | |
| Independence | |
• from South Africa | 21 March 1990 |
| 12 March 1990 | |
| Area | |
• Total | 825,418 km2 (318,696 sq mi) (34th) |
• Water (%) | negligible |
| Population | |
• 2011 census | 2,113,077[1] |
• Density | 3.2/km2 (8.3/sq mi) (235th) |
| GDP (PPP) | 2018 estimate |
• Total | $27.505 billion[2] |
• Per capita | $11,516[2] |
| GDP (nominal) | 2018 estimate |
• Total | $14.148 billion[2] |
• Per capita | $5,923[2] |
| Gini (2015) | 59.1[3] high |
| HDI (2018) |  0.645[4]medium · 130th |
| Currency | Namibian dollar (NAD) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (WAT) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (WAST) |
| Driving side | left |
| Calling code | +264 |
| ISO 3166 code | NA |
| Internet TLD | .na |
The Republic of Namibia is a country in southern Africa on the Atlantic coast. It is bordered by Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east, and South Africa to the south. It does not border Zimbabwe, but it is very close to it. It gained independence from South Africa in 1990. Before that it was called South West Africa. Its capital is Windhoek.
Before World War I Namibia was a German colony. German is still widely spoken in the country, although English is the official language.
Namibia has a population of 2.1 million people.
The name of the country is from the Namib Desert. This is said to be the oldest desert in the world.[5]
- ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-07-10. Retrieved 2020-04-19.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Report for Selected Countries and Subjects". IMF.org. International Monetary Fund. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
- ↑ "GINI index (World Bank estimate)". data.worldbank.org. World Bank. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
- ↑ "Human Development Report 2019". United Nations Development Programme. 10 December 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 May 2020. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
- ↑ Namib desert (AT1315) World Wide Fund for Nature site on the Namib Desert