Place:Outline of Namibia

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Short description: Overview of and topical guide to Namibia
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The location of Namibia
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The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Namibia:

Namibia – sovereign country located along the Atlantic Coast of Southern Africa.[1] Namibia 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. It is named after the Namib Desert.


General reference

An enlargeable basic map of Namibia
  • Pronunciation: /nəˈmɪbiə/
  • Common English country name: Namibia
  • Official English country name: The Republic of Namibia
  • Common endonym(s):
  • Official endonym(s):
  • Adjectival(s): Namibian
  • Demonym(s): Namibian
  • International rankings of Namibia
  • ISO country codes: NA, NAM, 516
  • ISO region codes: See NA
  • Internet country code top-level domain: .na

Geography of Namibia

An enlargeable topographic map of Namibia

Geography of Namibia

 Angola 1,376 km
 Botswana 1,360 km
 South Africa 967 km
 Zambia 233 km
  • Coastline: South Atlantic Ocean 1,572 km
  • Population of Namibia: 2,074,000 – 141st most populous country
  • Area of Namibia: 825,418 km2
  • Atlas of Namibia

Environment of Namibia

An enlargeable satellite image of Namibia
  • Climate of Namibia
  • Geology of Namibia
  • Protected areas of Namibia
    • National parks of Namibia
  • Wildlife of Namibia
    • Fauna of Namibia
      • Birds of Namibia
      • Mammals of Namibia
    • Flora of Namibia

Natural geographic features of Namibia

  • Glaciers in Namibia: none[2]
  • Islands of Namibia
  • Rivers of Namibia
  • World Heritage Sites in Namibia

Regions of Namibia

Administrative divisions of Namibia

  • Administrative divisions of Namibia
  • Constituencies of Namibia

Namibia has 14 regions:

Municipalities of Namibia
  • Capital of Namibia: Windhoek
  • Cities of Namibia

Ecoregions of Namibia

List of ecoregions in Namibia

  • Ecoregions in Namibia

Demography of Namibia

Demographics of Namibia

Government and politics of Namibia

Politics of Namibia

Branches of the government of Namibia

Government of Namibia

Executive branch of the government of Namibia

Legislative branch of the government of Namibia

  • Parliament of Namibia (bicameral)
    • Upper house: National Council of Namibia
    • Lower house: National Assembly of Namibia

Judicial branch of the government of Namibia

Court system of Namibia

  • Supreme Court of Namibia

Foreign relations of Namibia

Foreign relations of Namibia

  • Diplomatic missions in Namibia
  • Diplomatic missions of Namibia
  • Namibia-South Africa relations

International organization membership

The Republic of Namibia is a member of:[1]

Law and order in Namibia

Law of Namibia

  • Cannabis in Namibia
  • Constitution of Namibia
  • Crime in Namibia
  • Human rights in Namibia
    • LGBT rights in Namibia
  • Law enforcement in Namibia

Military of Namibia

Military of Namibia

  • Command
  • Forces
    • Namibian Army
    • Namibian Navy
      • Namibian Marine Corps
    • Namibian Air Force
    • Namibian Special Forces

Local government in Namibia

Local government in Namibia

History of Namibia

History of Namibia

By topic

  • History of rail transport in Namibia
  • History of the Jews in Namibia

Culture of Namibia

Culture of Namibia

  • Cuisine of Namibia
  • Languages of Namibia
  • National symbols of Namibia
    • Coat of arms of Namibia
    • Flag of Namibia
    • National anthem of Namibia
  • Prostitution in Namibia
  • Public holidays in Namibia
  • Religion in Namibia
    • Christianity in Namibia
    • Hinduism in Namibia
    • Islam in Namibia
  • World Heritage Sites in Namibia

Art in Namibia

  • Music of Namibia

Sport in Namibia

Sport in Namibia

  • Football in Namibia
  • Namibia at the Olympics

Economy and infrastructure of Namibia

Economy of Namibia

  • Economic rank, by nominal GDP (2018): 126th (one hundred and twenty sixth)
  • Agriculture in Namibia
  • Communications in Namibia
    • Media of Namibia
      • List of newspapers in Namibia
  • Companies of Namibia
    • List of airlines of Namibia
    • List of banks in Namibia
    • List of state-owned enterprises in Namibia
  • Currency of Namibia: Dollar
  • Health care in Namibia
  • Mining in Namibia
  • Namibia Stock Exchange
  • Tourism in Namibia
  • Transport in Namibia
    • Airports in Namibia
    • Rail transport in Namibia
    • Roads in Namibia
  • Water supply and sanitation in Namibia

Education in Namibia

Education in Namibia

See also

  • Index of Namibia-related articles
  • List of international rankings
  • List of Namibia-related topics
  • Member state of the Commonwealth of Nations
  • Member state of the United Nations
  • Outline of Africa
  • Outline of geography

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Namibia". The World Factbook. United States Central Intelligence Agency. 3 July 2009. https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/namibia/. 
  2. ↑ The only glaciers in Africa are on Mt Kenya (in Kenya), on Kilimanjaro (in Tanzania), and in the Ruwenzori Mountains (which are located in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo). See Proceedings of the Riederalp Workshop, September 1978; Actes de l'Atelier de Riederalp, septembre 1978): IAHS-AISH Publ. no. 126, 1980.

External links

Government
Map of Namibia
Video of Namibia
Helpful Links
Namibian news in English




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