Haz clic para ver el país en su continente: Namibia
Capital: Windhoek Población: 2mln Superficie: 825.418 km2 Idiomas:
Inglés, Oshivambo, Herero, Nama, Afrikáans, Alemán
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Namibia is home to the Namib Desert which is considered the world's oldest desert.
It covers more than 102,248 square miles (270,000 square kilometers) and has the distinction of having the highest sand dunes in the world. Some of them rise to more than 1,300 feet (400 meters)
Exact population: 2,044,147 note: 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 (July 2006 est.) Literacy: Total population: 84%; male: 84.4%; female: 83.7% Ethnicities: Black 87.5%, white 6%, mixed 6.5%; note: about 50% of the population belong to the Ovambo tribe and 9% to the Kavangos tribe; other ethnic groups are: Herero 7%, Damara 7%, Nama 5%, Caprivian 4%, Bushmen 3%, Baster 2%, Tswana 0.5% Land boundaries: Total: 3,936 km; border countries: Angola 1,376 km, Botswana 1,360 km, South Africa 967 km, Zambia 233 km Terrain: Mostly high plateau; Namib Desert along coast; Kalahari Desert in east Extremes: Lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m; highest point: Konigstein 2,606 m Imports: US 50%, EU 31% (2004) Exports: EU 79%, US 4% (2004) Industries: Meatpacking, fish processing, dairy products; mining (diamond, lead, zinc, tin, silver, tungsten, uranium, copper)