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 Namibia 
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 Time zone
 +2 h 
 Continent
 Africa 
 ITU zone
 57 
 CQ zone
 38 
 
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A large blue triangle with a yellow sunburst fills the upper left section and an equal green triangle (solid) fills the lower right section; the triangles are separated by a red stripe that is contrasted by two narrow white-edge borders.
 
          Namibia          
 
 Namibia 
 Capital: 
Windhoek
 Administrative
 divisions: 
13 regions: Caprivi, Erongo, Hardap, Karas, Khomas, Kunene, Ohangwena, Okavango, Omaheke, Omusati, Oshana, Oshikoto, and Otjozondjupa.
 Population: 
1,820,916 (July 2002 est.)
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
 Languages: 
English 7% (official), Afrikaans common language of most of the population and about 60% of the white population, German 32%, indigenous languages: Oshivambo, Herero, Nama
 Geographic
 coordinates: 
22° 00' S, 17° 00' E
 Area total: 
825,418 sq. km
 Land area: 
825,418 sq. km
 Water area: 
0 sq. km
 Total land
 boundaries: 
3,936 km
 Borders
 with neighbor
 countries: 
Angola 1,376 km, Botswana 1,360 km, South Africa 967 km, Zambia 233 km
 Coastline: 
1,572 km
 Elevation
 extremes: 
Atlantic Ocean 0 m - Konigstein 2,606 m
 Internet
 country code: 
.na
 Currency: 
Namibian dollar (NAD), South African rand (ZAR)
 Name -
 conventional
 long form: 
Republic of Namibia
 Name -
 conventional
 short form: 
Namibia
 Former name: 
German Southwest Africa, South-West Africa
 Independence: 
21 March 1990 (from South African mandate)
 Constitution: 
ratified 9 February 1990, effective 12 March 1990
 Government
 type: 
republic
 National
 holiday: 
Independence Day, 21 March (1990)
 
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