Outline of Namibia

The Flag of Namibia

The Coat of arms of Namibia

The location of Namibia

An enlargeable relief map of the Republic of Namibia

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):
• Etymology: Name of Namibia
• International rankings of Namibia
• ISO country codes: NA, NAM, 516
• ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:NA
• Internet country code top-level domain: .na

Geography of Namibia

An enlargeable topographic map of Namibia

• Namibia is: a country
• Location:
  • Eastern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere
  • Africa
    • Southern Africa
  • Time zone: West Africa Time (UTC+01), West Africa Summer Time (UTC+02) September–April
  • Extreme points of Namibia
    • High: Konigstein 2,606 m (8,550 ft)
    • Low: South Atlantic Ocean 0 m
  • Land boundaries: 3,936 km

 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
• Ecoregions in Namibia
• Renewable energy in Namibia
• Geology of Namibia
• Protected areas of Namibia
  • Biosphere reserves in Namibia
  • National parks of Namibia
• Wildlife of Namibia
  • Fauna of Namibia
    • Birds of Namibia
    • Mammals of Namibia

Natural geographic features of Namibia

• Glaciers in Namibia: none ^[2]
• Islands of Namibia
• Lakes of Namibia
• Mountains of Namibia
  • Volcanoes in Namibia
• Rivers of Namibia
  • Waterfalls of Namibia
• Valleys of Namibia
• World Heritage Sites in Namibia

Regions of Namibia

Administrative divisions of Namibia

• Regions of Namibia
• Constituencies of Namibia

Municipalities of Namibia

• Capital of Namibia: Windhoek
• Cities of Namibia

Ecoregions of Namibia

Demography of Namibia

Government and politics of Namibia

Politics of Namibia

• Form of government: unitary semi-presidential representative democratic republic
• Capital of Namibia: Windhoek
• Elections in Namibia
  • Namibian presidential election, 2004
  • Namibian parliamentary election, 2004
  • Namibian presidential election, 2009
  • Namibian parliamentary election, 2009
• Political parties in Namibia
• Taxation in Namibia

Branches of the government of Namibia

Executive branch of the government of Namibia

• Head of state and head of government: President of Namibia, Hage Geingob
• Cabinet of Namibia
  • Prime Minister of Namibia, Saara Kuugongelwa

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

• Supreme Court 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]

African, Caribbean, and Pacific Group of States (ACP) African Development Bank Group (AfDB) African Union (AU) African Union/United Nations Hybrid operation in Darfur (UNAMID) Commonwealth of Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Group of 77 (G77) International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) International Criminal Court (ICCt) International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) International Development Association (IDA) International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRCS) International Finance Corporation (IFC) International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) International Labour Organization (ILO) International Maritime Organization (IMO) International Monetary Fund (IMF) International Olympic Committee (IOC) International Organization for Migration (IOM) (observer) International Organization for Standardization (ISO) (correspondent) International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement (ICRM) International Telecommunication Union (ITU)

International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (ITSO) Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) Nonaligned Movement (NAM) Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) Southern African Customs Union (SACU) Southern African Development Community (SADC) United Nations (UN) United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) United Nations Mission in the Sudan (UNMIS) United Nations Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI) Universal Postal Union (UPU) World Confederation of Labour (WCL) World Customs Organization (WCO) World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) World Health Organization (WHO) World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) World Meteorological Organization (WMO) World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) World Trade Organization (WTO)

Law and order in Namibia

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

Military of Namibia

• Command
  • Commander-in-chief:
    • Ministry of Defence of Namibia
• Forces
  • Namibian Army
  • Namibian Navy
    • Namibian Marine Corps
  • Namibian Air Force
  • Namibian Special Forces

History of Namibia

Main article: History of Namibia, Timeline of the history of Namibia, and Current events of Namibia

• 1980 in Namibia
• Military history of Namibia

Culture of Namibia

• Architecture of Namibia
• Cuisine of Namibia
• Festivals in Namibia
• Languages of Namibia
• Media in Namibia
• National symbols of Namibia
  • Coat of arms of Namibia
  • Flag of Namibia
  • National anthem of Namibia
• People of Namibia
• Prostitution in Namibia
• Public holidays in Namibia
• Records of Namibia
• Religion in Namibia
  • Christianity in Namibia
  • Hinduism in Namibia
  • Islam in Namibia
  • Judaism in Namibia
  • Sikhism in Namibia
• World Heritage Sites in Namibia

Art in Namibia

• Art in Namibia
• Cinema of Namibia
• Literature of Namibia
• Music of Namibia
• Television in Namibia
• Theatre in Namibia

Sport in Namibia

• Football in Namibia
• Namibia at the Olympics

Economy and infrastructure of Namibia

• Economic rank, by nominal GDP (2007): 126th (one hundred and twenty seventh)
• Agriculture in Namibia
• Banking in Namibia
  • National Bank of Namibia
• Communications in Namibia
  • Internet in Namibia
• Companies of Namibia
• Currency of Namibia: Dollar
  • ISO 4217: NAD
• Energy in Namibia
  • Energy policy of Namibia
• Health care in Namibia
• Mining in Namibia
• Namibia Stock Exchange
• Oil industry in Namibia
• 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

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. "Namibia". The World Factbook. United States Central Intelligence Agency. 3 July 2009. Retrieved 23 July 2009.
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

Wikimedia Atlas of Namibia

Government

• Republic of Namibia - Namibian Governmental Portal
• orusovo.com Constitution of the Republic of Namibia

Map of Namibia

• Map of Namibia - Excellent maps of Namibia

Video of Namibia

• Video of Namibia from The New York Times

Helpful Links

• Namibian Business Directory

Namibian news in English

• www.insight.com.na Namibian news in English