Namibia
country in Southern Africa
Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia 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. Its capital and largest city is Windhoek.
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National symbolEdit
Main category: Symbols of Namibia
National parkEdit
Main category: National parks of Namibia, and animals of Namibia
Namib-Naukluft National ParkEdit
location in Namibia (#11)
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Main gallery: Namib-Naukluft National Park.
SossusvleiEdit
Main gallery: Sossusvlei.
Sossusvlei Dune
AnimalEdit
Etosha National ParkEdit
location in Namibia (#5)
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Main gallery: Etosha National Park.
AnimalEdit
SperrgebietEdit
location in Namibia (#19)
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Main category: Sperrgebiet
LüderitzEdit
Main gallery: Lüderitz.
Fish River CanyonEdit
location in Namibia (#1)
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Main gallery: Fish River Canyon.
Skeleton Coast National ParkEdit
location in Namibia (#3)
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Main category: Skeleton Coast
UNESCO World Heritage SiteEdit
Main category: World Heritage Sites in Namibia
TwyfelfonteinEdit
location in Namibia
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Main gallery: Twyfelfontein.
City, town and villageEdit
Main categories: cities in Namibia and villages in Namibia
Windhoek
(Capital city)
Region of NamibiaEdit
Main category: regions of Namibia
Zambezi RegionEdit
Main gallery: Caprivi.
Katima Mulilo
(Capital city)
Erongo RegionEdit
Main gallery: Erongo.
Swakopmund
(Capital city)Cape Cross Seal Colony/ Kreuzkap-Seebärenkolonie
Hardap RegionEdit
Main gallery: Hardap.
Mariental
(Capital city)
Karas RegionEdit
Main gallery: Karas.
Keetmanshoop
(Capital city)
Kavango East RegionEdit
Main gallery: Kavango.
Rundu
(Capital city)
Khomas RegionEdit
Main gallery: Khomas.
Windhoek
(Capital city)
Kunene RegionEdit
Main gallery: Kunene.
Opuwo
(Capital city)Fairy circles/ Feenkreise und Hartmannberge
Ohangwena RegionEdit
Main gallery: Ohangwena.
Eenhana
(Capital city)
Omaheke RegionEdit
Main gallery: Omaheke.
Gobabis
(Capital city)
Omusati RegionEdit
Main gallery: Omusati.
Outapi
(Capital city)
Oshana RegionEdit
Main gallery: Oshana.
Oshakati
(Capital city)
Oshikoto RegionEdit
Main gallery: Oshikoto.
Omuthiya
(Capital city)
Otjozondjupa RegionEdit
Main gallery: Otjozondjupa.
Otjiwarongo
(Capital city)
Satellite imageryEdit
Main category: Satellite pictures of Namibia
NASA's Long Duration Exposure Facility during a photographic survey above the town of Lüderitz
Fish River Canyon, Huns-berge from LandSat 7
Sossusvlei, Namib desert from LandSat 7
Walvis Bay, Erongo from LandSat 7
Brandberg, Erongo from LandSat 7
PoliticsEdit
Main category: Politics of Namibia
Sam Nujoma
President of the Republic between 1990 and 2005Hifikepunye Pohamba
President of the Republic between 2005 and 2015Nahas Angula
Prime Minister of Namibia between 2005 and 2012Hage Gottfried Geingob
President of the Republic between 2015 and presentSaara Kuugongelwa
Prime Minister of Namibia between 2015 and present
SportEdit
Main category: Sports in Namibia