Caprivi
The Caprivi, also known as the Caprivi Strip is a long, skinny panhandle extending north-east from Namibia, separating Angola from Botswana and ending near the south-western corner of Zambia.
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Caprivi
- Type: Region
- Description: geographical area of north-eastern Namibia
- Also known as: “Caprivi Strip”, “Caprivi-Streifen”, “Caprivi-Strip”, “Caprivi-Zipfel”, “Caprivistreifen”, “Caprivistriben”, “Caprivistrip”, “Itenge”, “Kaprivi-streko”, “Kishoroba ya Caprivi”, “Koridor Caprivi”, “Lyiyeyi”, “Okavango Strip”, “Okavangoremsan”, “Striscia di Caprivi”, “Λωρίδα Καπρίβι”, and “カプリビ・ストリップ”
- Categories: geopolitical corridor and salient
- Location: Namibia, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude of center
-18° or 18° south
Longitude of center
23° east
Elevation
981 metres (3,219 feet)
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Ukrainian—“Caprivi” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Kaprivistrook”
- Arabic: “قطاع كابريفي”
- Basque: “Capriviko Zerrenda”
- Belarusian: “Паласа Капрыві”
- Bulgarian: “Ивица Каприви”
- Catalan: “Caprivi Oriental”
- Chinese: “卡普里維地帶”
- Chinese: “卡普里维地带”
- Croatian: “Pojas Caprivi”
- Czech: “Capriviho pruh”
- Czech: “Výběžek Caprivi”
- Danish: “Caprivi-striben”
- Dutch: “Caprivi”
- Dutch: “Caprivistrook”
- Esperanto: “Caprivi-streko”
- Estonian: “Caprivi koridor”
- French: “bande de Caprivi”
- French: “Bande de Caprivi”
- Galician: “Franxa de Caprivi”
- Georgian: “კაპრივის ზოლი”
- German: “Nordostnamibia”
- German: “Caprivi Zipfel” (historical)
- German: “Caprivizipfel” (historical)
- Greek: “Λωρίδα του Καπρίβι”
- Hebrew: “רצועת קפריבי”
- Hungarian: “Caprivi-sáv”
- Indonesian: “Jalur Caprivi”
- Italian: “Dito di Caprivi”
- Japanese: “カプリビ回廊”
- Korean: “카프리비 회랑”
- Lithuanian: “Kaprivio ruožas”
- Macedonian: “Појас Каприви”
- Polish: “Pas Caprivi”
- Portuguese: “Faixa de Caprivi”
- Russian: “Каприви”
- Russian: “Полоса Каприви”
- Slovenian: “Caprivijev pas”
- Spanish: “Franja de Caprivi”
- Swahili: “Kishoroba cha Caprivi”
- Swedish: “Capriviremsan”
- Tamil: “கேப்ரிவி”
- Turkish: “Caprivi Ucu”
- Ukrainian: “Капріві”
- Ukrainian: “Смуга Капріві”
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