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Motto: "Unity, Liberty, Justice"
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Anthem: "Namibia, Land of the Brave"
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Location of Namibia (dark blue)
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Capital and largest city |
Windhoek 22°34.2′S 17°5.167′E / 22.5700°S 17.086117°E |
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Official languages | English | ||||
Recognised national languages |
Afrikaans Khoekhoe language German Herero language Oshiwambo Rukwangali Setswana Silozi |
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Ethnic groups (2014) |
Ethnic groups: |
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Demonym | Namibian | ||||
Government | Unitary semi-presidential republic | ||||
Hage Geingob | |||||
Nickey Iyambo | |||||
Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila | |||||
Legislature | Parliament | ||||
National Council | |||||
National Assembly | |||||
Independence from South Africa | |||||
9 February 1990 | |||||
• Independence
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21 March 1990 | ||||
Area | |||||
• Total
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825,615 km2 (318,772 sq mi) (34th) | ||||
• Water (%)
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negligible | ||||
Population | |||||
• 2011 census
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2,113,077 | ||||
• Density
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2.54/km2 (6.6/sq mi) (235th) | ||||
GDP (PPP) | 2016 estimate | ||||
• Total
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$27.035 billion | ||||
• Per capita
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$11,756 | ||||
GDP (nominal) | 2016 estimate | ||||
• Total
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$10.183 billion | ||||
• Per capita
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$4,427 | ||||
Gini (2009) | 59.7 high |
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HDI (2014) |
0.628 medium · 126th |
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Currency | Namibian dollar (NAD) | ||||
Time zone | WAT (UTC+1) | ||||
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WAST (UTC+2) | ||||
Drives on the | left | ||||
Calling code | +264 | ||||
ISO 3166 code | NA | ||||
Internet TLD | .na |
Coordinates: 22°S 17°E / 22°S 17°E
– in Africa (light blue & dark grey)
– in the African Union (light blue)
Ethnic groups:
Namibia (i/nəˈmɪbiə/, /næˈ-/), officially the Republic of Namibia (German: Republik Namibia ; Afrikaans: Republiek van Namibië), is a country in southern Africa whose western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Zambia and Angola to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and east. Although it does not border Zimbabwe, a part of less than 200 metres of the Zambezi River (essentially a small bulge in Botswana to achieve a Botswana/Zambia micro-border) separates the two countries. Namibia gained independence from South Africa on 21 March 1990, following the Namibian War of Independence. Its capital and largest city is Windhoek, and it is a member state of the United Nations (UN), the Southern African Development Community (SADC), the African Union (AU), and the Commonwealth of Nations.