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Entity :
Namibia
Main prefix :
V5
Time zone :
+2 h
Continent :
Africa
Namibia
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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
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)