Outline of Namibia

The Flag of Namibia

The Coat of arms 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.

• 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): Namibian
• 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

• Namibia is: a sub-Saharan country
• Location:
  • Eastern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere
  • Africa
    • Southern Africa
  • Time zone: South African Standard Time (UTC+02)
  • 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

• Climate of Namibia
• Geology of Namibia
• Protected areas of Namibia
  • National parks of Namibia
• Wildlife of Namibia
  • Fauna of Namibia
    • Birds of Namibia
    • Mammals of Namibia
  • Flora of Namibia

• Glaciers in Namibia: none^[2]
• Islands of Namibia
• Rivers of Namibia
• World Heritage Sites in Namibia

• Administrative divisions of Namibia
• Constituencies of Namibia

Namibia has 14 regions:

• Capital of Namibia: Windhoek
• Cities of Namibia

List of ecoregions in Namibia

• Ecoregions in Namibia

Demographics of Namibia

Politics of Namibia

• Form of government: unitary semi-presidential representative democratic republic
• Capital of Namibia: Windhoek
• Elections in Namibia
  • 2014 Namibian general election
  • 2015 Namibian local and regional elections
• Political parties in Namibia
• Taxation in Namibia

Government of Namibia

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

• Parliament of Namibia (bicameral)
  • Upper house: National Council of Namibia
  • Lower house: National Assembly of Namibia

Court system of Namibia

• Supreme Court of Namibia

Foreign relations of Namibia

• Diplomatic missions in Namibia
• Diplomatic missions of Namibia
• Namibia-South Africa relations

The Republic of Namibia is a member of:^[1]

Law of Namibia

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

Military of Namibia

• Command
  • Commander-in-chief: John Mutwa
    • Minister of Defence of Namibia: Penda Ya Ndakolo
• Forces
  • Namibian Army
  • Namibian Navy
    • Namibian Marine Corps
  • Namibian Air Force
  • Namibian Special Forces

Local government in Namibia

History of Namibia

• History of rail transport in Namibia
• History of the Jews in Namibia

Culture of Namibia

• Cuisine of Namibia
• Languages of Namibia
• National symbols of Namibia
  • Coat of arms of Namibia
  • Flag of Namibia
  • National anthem of Namibia
• Prostitution in Namibia
• Public holidays in Namibia
• Religion in Namibia
  • Christianity in Namibia
  • Hinduism in Namibia
  • Islam in Namibia
• World Heritage Sites in Namibia

• Music of Namibia

Sport in Namibia

• Football in Namibia
• Namibia at the Olympics

Economy of Namibia

• Economic rank, by nominal GDP (2018): 126th (one hundred and twenty sixth)
• Agriculture in Namibia
• Communications in Namibia
  • Media of Namibia
    • List of newspapers in Namibia
• Companies of Namibia
  • List of airlines of Namibia
  • List of banks in Namibia
  • List of state-owned enterprises in Namibia
• Currency of Namibia: Dollar
  • ISO 4217: NAD
• Health care in Namibia
• Mining in Namibia
• Namibia Stock Exchange
• 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

• List of schools in Namibia
• List of universities in Namibia

• 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

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