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Namibia

Namibia, in , boasts remarkable natural attractions such as the Namib Desert, the , and the Kalahari Desert.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Windhoek and Khomas.

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is Namibia's capital and largest city. It is in the geographic centre of the country at an elevation of 1,600 m. This is the city where most safaris travelling through Namibia begin, and also the first point of entry in Namibia should you arrive by airplane.

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is a region in the central highlands of Namibia. is centred on the capital city Windhoek and thus has superior transportation infrastructure.

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is a city of 62,000 on Namibia's Atlantic coast. It has the country's only commercial port. It is famous as a place to see large numbers of flamingoes and rare migratory birds.

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Kunene and Erongo.

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is one of the fourteen regions of Namibia. Its capital is , its governor is Vipuakuje Muharukua. The region's name comes from the River which forms the northern border with .

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is one of the 14 regions of Namibia. The capital is . It is named after Mount , a well-known landmark in Namibia and in this area.

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is a region in southern Namibia. This area is rich in gem quality diamonds and has restricted access, so you can only enter the area as part of an organized tour. There are several ghost towns to explore.

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is one of the fourteen regions of Namibia. Its capital is . contains the municipality of Mariental, the towns of and , and the self-governed villages of , , , , and .

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is one of the fourteen regions of Namibia. Its capital is . The region further contains the municipalities of and and the towns and . As of 2020, had 97,945 registered voters.

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The is a region in central northern Namibia. It is Namibia's most densely populated area though still primarily rural.

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The , also known as the Strip is a long, skinny panhandle extending north-east from Namibia, separating from and ending near the south-western corner of .

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is a region in northern Namibia that is home to the people. The Kavangos are a river people who until today secured their survival mostly with fishing from the Okavango and, to a lesser extent, agriculture.

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is one of the fourteen regions of Namibia, the least populous region. Its capital is . It lies in eastern Namibia on the border with and is the western extension of the .

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is a historic region in the and provinces of Namibia that is known for its desert mountains, stunning landscapes, ancient rock art and abundant wildlife.

Namibia

Latitude of center
-22.576° or 22° 34′ 34″ south
Longitude of center
17.0824° or 17° 4′ 57″ east
Population
2,110,000
Area
825,418 km² (318,696 miles²)
Elevation
1,381 metres (4,531 feet)
Capital
Currency
Dollar (NAD)
Phone code
.na
Internet domain
264
Open­Street­Map ID
node 424311662
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­country
Geo­Names ID
3355338
Wiki­data ID
Q1030
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In Other Languages

From Abkhazian to Zulu—“Namibia” goes by many names.
  • Abkhazian: “Намибиа”
  • Abkhazian: “Намибиатәи Ареспублика”
  • Achinese: “Namibia”
  • Adyghe: “Намибие”
  • Afrikaans: “Namibië”
  • Afrikaans: “Republiek van Namibië”
  • Akan: “Namibia”
  • Albanian: “Namibi”
  • Albanian: “Namibia”
  • Amharic: “ናሚቢያ”
  • Amis: “Namibia”
  • Angika: “नामीबिया”
  • Arabic: “نامبيا”
  • Arabic: “ناميبي”
  • Arabic: “ناميبيا”
  • Aragonese: “Namibia”
  • Armenian: “Նամիբիա”
  • Arpitan: “Namibia”
  • Arpitan: “Namibie”
  • Assamese: “নামিবিয়া”
  • Asturian: “Namibia”
  • Atayal: “Namibia”
  • Azerbaijani: “Namibiya”
  • Balinese: “Namibia”
  • Bambara: “Namibi”
  • Bambara: “Namibia”
  • Banjar: “Namibia”
  • Bashkir: “Намибия”
  • Basque: “Namibia”
  • Bavarian: “Namibia”
  • Belarusian: “Намібія”
  • Bengali: “নামিবিয়া”
  • Betawi: “Namibi”
  • Bhojpuri: “नामीबिया”
  • Bishnupriya: “নামিবিয়া”
  • Bislama: “Namibia”
  • Bosnian: “Namibija”
  • Breton: “Namibia”
  • Buginese: “Namibia”
  • Buginese: “ᨊᨆᨗᨅᨗᨐ”
  • Buginese: “ᨊᨆᨗᨅᨗᨕ”
  • Bulgarian: “Намибия”
  • Burmese: “နမီးဘီးယား”
  • Burmese: “နမီးဘီးယားနိုင်ငံ”
  • Burmese: “နမ်မီးဘီးယား”
  • Catalan: “Namíbia”
  • Cebuano: “Namibia”
  • Cebuano: “Namibya”
  • Central Bikol: “Namibya”
  • Central Kanuri: “Namibia”
  • Central Kurdish: “نامیبیا”
  • Chavacano: “Namibia”
  • Chechen: “Намиби”
  • Cherokee: “ᎾᎻᏈᎢᏯ”
  • Cherokee: “ᏍᎦᏚᎩ ᎾᎿ ᎾᎻᏈᎢᏯ”
  • Cheyenne: “Namibia”
  • Chinese: “Namibia”
  • Chinese: “Nàmǐbǐyà”
  • Chinese: “納米比亞”
  • Chinese: “纳国”
  • Chinese: “纳米比亚 / 納米比亞”
  • Chinese: “纳米比亚”
  • Chinese: “纳米比亚共和国”
  • Chuvash: “Намиби”
  • Cornish: “Namibi”
  • Corsican: “Namibia”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Namibiya”
  • Croatian: “Namibija”
  • Czech: “Namibie”
  • Dagbani: “Namibia”
  • Danish: “Namibia”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Namibya”
  • Dotyali: “नामिबिया”
  • Dutch: “NA”
  • Dutch: “NAM”
  • Dutch: “Namibie”
  • Dutch: “Namibië”
  • Dutch: “Republiek Namibië”
  • Dzongkha: “ན་མི་བི་ཡ”
  • Eastern Mari: “Намибий”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ناميبيا”
  • Esperanto: “NA”
  • Esperanto: “Namibio”
  • Esperanto: “Respubliko Namibio”
  • Estonian: “Namiibia Vabariik”
  • Estonian: “Namiibia”
  • Ewe: “Namibia nutome”
  • Ewe: “Namibia”
  • Extremaduran: “Namibia”
  • Farefare: “Namibia”
  • Faroese: “Namibia”
  • Fiji Hindi: “Namibia”
  • Finnish: “Namibia”
  • Finnish: “Namibian tasavalta”
  • French: “la République de Namibie”
  • French: “NA”
  • French: “Namibie”
  • French: “République de Namibie”
  • Fulah: “Namibii”
  • Fulah: “Namibiya”
  • Ga: “Namibia”
  • Gagauz: “Namibiya”
  • Galician: “Namibia”
  • Ganda: “Namibia”
  • Ganda: “Namibiya”
  • Georgian: “ნამიბია”
  • German: “na”
  • German: “Namibia”
  • German: “Republik Namibia”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Namibia”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Republic of Namibia”
  • Gilaki: “ناميبيا”
  • Gothic: “𐌽𐌰𐌼𐌹𐌱𐌾𐌰”
  • Greek: “Δημοκρατία της Ναμίμπιας”
  • Greek: “Ναμίμπια”
  • Guarani: “Namívia”
  • Guianese Creole French: “Namibi”
  • Gujarati: “નામિબિયા”
  • Haitian: “Namibi”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Namibia”
  • Hausa: “Namibiya”
  • Hebrew: “נאמיביה”
  • Hebrew: “נמיביה”
  • Hindi: “नामीबिया”
  • Hungarian: “Délnyugat-Afrika”
  • Hungarian: “Namíbia”
  • Hungarian: “Namíbiai Köztársaság”
  • Iban: “Namibia”
  • Icelandic: “Namibía”
  • Ido: “Namibia”
  • Igbo: “Namibia”
  • Iloko: “Namibia”
  • Inari Sami: “Namibia täsiväldi”
  • Inari Sami: “Namibia”
  • Indonesian: “Namibia”
  • Interlingua: “Namibia”
  • Interlingue: “Namibia”
  • Irish: “an Namaib”
  • Irish: “An Namaib”
  • Italian: “Namibia”
  • Jamaican Creole English: “Namibia”
  • Japanese: “ナミビア”
  • Japanese: “ナミビア共和国”
  • Javanese: “Namibia”
  • Kabardian: “Намибие”
  • Kabiyè: “Namibi”
  • Kabyle: “Namibya”
  • Kalaallisut: “Namibia”
  • Kalmyk: “Намибмудин Орн”
  • Kannada: “ನಮೀಬಿಯ”
  • Kannada: “ನಮೀಬಿಯಾ”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “Namibia”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “Namibiya”
  • Karachay-Balkar: “Намибия”
  • Kashmiri: “نامِبِیا”
  • Kashmiri: “नमीबिया”
  • Kazakh: “Намибия”
  • Khmer: “ណាមីប៊ី”
  • Kikuyu: “Namibia”
  • Kikuyu: “Namimbia”
  • Kinyarwanda: “Namibiya”
  • Kirghiz: “Намибия”
  • Kongo: “Namibia”
  • Korean: “나미비아”
  • Korean: “니미비아”
  • Kotava: “Namibia”
  • Kurdish: “Namîbya”
  • Kurdish: “نامیبیا”
  • Ladin: “Namibia”
  • Ladino: “Namibia”
  • Lao: “ນາມີເບຍ”
  • Latgalian: “Namibeja”
  • Latin: “Namibia”
  • Latvian: “Namībija”
  • Lezghian: “Нами́бия Респу́блика”
  • Lezghian: “Намибия”
  • Ligurian: “Namibia”
  • Limburgan: “Namibië”
  • Lingala: “Namibi”
  • Lingala: “Namibia”
  • Lingua Franca Nova: “Namibia”
  • Literary Chinese: “納米比亞”
  • Lithuanian: “Namibija”
  • Livvi: “Namibii”
  • Lojban: “namibias”
  • Lombard: “Namibia”
  • Low German: “Düütsch Süüdwest”
  • Low German: “Namibia”
  • Low German: “Namibie”
  • Low German: “Republiek Namibia”
  • Lower Sorbian: “Namibija”
  • Luba-Katanga: “Namibi”
  • Lule Sami: “Nambiddja”
  • Luxembourgish: “Namibia”
  • Luxembourgish: “Namibien”
  • Macedonian: “Намибија”
  • Malagasy: “Namibia”
  • Malay: “Namibia”
  • Malayalam: “നമീബിയ”
  • Maltese: “in-Namibja”
  • Maltese: “Namibja”
  • Maltese: “Repubblika tan-Namibja”
  • Manipuri: “ꯅꯦꯃꯤꯕꯤꯌꯥ”
  • Manx: “NA”
  • Manx: “NAM”
  • Manx: “Pobblaght y Nameeb”
  • Manx: “y Nameeb”
  • Manx: “Yn Nameeb”
  • Maori: “Namīpia”
  • Marathi: “नमीबिया”
  • Marathi: “नामिबिया”
  • Mazanderani: “نامی بیا”
  • Mazanderani: “نامیبیا”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Namibia”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Namibia”
  • Minangkabau: “Namibia”
  • Mingrelian: “ნამიბია”
  • Moksha: “Намибия”
  • Mongolian: “Намиби”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “ناميبيا”
  • N'Ko: “ߣߊߡߓߌ߫”
  • Nauru: “Namibiya”
  • Navajo: “Séí Dah Daaskʼidtah Naakaii Łizhiní Bikéyah”
  • Nepali: “नामिबिया”
  • Newari: “नामिबिया”
  • Nigerian Pidgin: “Namibia”
  • North Ndebele: “Namibhiya”
  • Northern Frisian: “Namiibia”
  • Northern Luri: “نامبیا”
  • Northern Sami: “Namibia dásseváldi”
  • Northern Sami: “Namibia”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Namibia”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Republikken Namibia”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Namibia”
  • Norwegian: “Namibia”
  • Novial: “Namibia”
  • Obolo: “Namibia”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Namibia”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Namibia”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Namibland”
  • Oriya: “ନାମିବିଆ”
  • Oromo: “Namiibiyaa”
  • Ossetian: “Намиби”
  • Pali: “नमीबिया”
  • Pampanga: “Namibia”
  • Panjabi: “ਨਾਮੀਬੀਆ”
  • Papiamento: “Namibia”
  • Pedi: “Namibia”
  • Pennsylvania German: “Namibien”
  • Persian: “نامیبی”
  • Persian: “نامیبیا”
  • Picard: “Namibie”
  • Piemontese: “Namibia”
  • Pitcairn-Norfolk: “Namibia”
  • Polish: “Namibia”
  • Portuguese: “na”
  • Portuguese: “NAM”
  • Portuguese: “Namíbia”
  • Portuguese: “República da Namíbia”
  • Pushto: “ناميبيا”
  • Pushto: “نیمبیا”
  • Quechua: “Namibia”
  • Quechua: “Namipya”
  • Quechua: “Namiwya”
  • Rakhine: “နမီးဘီးယားနိုင်ငံ”
  • Romanian: “Namibia”
  • Romansh: “Namibia”
  • Rundi: “Namibiya”
  • Russia Buriat: “Намиби”
  • Russian: “Намибия”
  • Russian: “Республика Намибия”
  • Russian: “Юго-Западная Африка”
  • Sakizaya: “Namibia”
  • Samoan: “Namipia”
  • Samogitian: “Namibėjė”
  • Sango: “Namibùii”
  • Sanskrit: “नमीबिया”
  • Santali: “ᱱᱟᱢᱤᱵᱤᱭᱟ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱟᱹᱯᱱᱟᱹᱛ”
  • Santali: “ᱱᱟᱢᱤᱵᱤᱭᱟ”
  • Sardinian: “Namìbia”
  • Saterfriesisch: “Namibia”
  • Scots: “Namibie”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “An Namaib”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Naimibia”
  • Serbian: “Namibija”
  • Serbian: “држава у јужној Африци”
  • Serbian: “Намибија”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Namibija”
  • Shan: “မိူင်းၼႃႇမီးပီးယႃး”
  • Shona: “Namibhiya”
  • Shona: “Namibia”
  • Sicilian: “Namibbia”
  • Silesian: “Namibijo”
  • Sindhi: “نميبيا”
  • Sindhi: “نيميبيا”
  • Sinhala: “නැමිබියාව”
  • Sinhala: “නැමීබියාව”
  • Sinhala: “නැම්බියාව”
  • Skolt Sami: “Namibia tääʹssväʹldd”
  • Skolt Sami: “Namibia”
  • Slovak: “Namíbia”
  • Slovak: “Namíbijská republika”
  • Slovenian: “NA”
  • Slovenian: “Namibija”
  • Slovenian: “Republika Namibija”
  • Somali: “Nambiya”
  • Somali: “Namibiya”
  • Somali: “Namiibiya”
  • South Azerbaijani: “نامیبیا”
  • South Ndebele: “I-Namibia”
  • South Ndebele: “Namibia”
  • Southern Sotho: “Namibia”
  • Spanish: “Namibia”
  • Spanish: “Republica de Namibia”
  • Spanish: “República de Namibia”
  • Standard Moroccan Tamazight: “ⵏⴰⵎⵉⴱⵢⴰ”
  • Sundanese: “Namibia”
  • Swahili: “Namibia”
  • Swati: “INamibiya”
  • Swedish: “Namibia”
  • Swedish: “Republiken Namibia”
  • Swiss German: “Namibia”
  • Tachelhit: “Namibya”
  • Tagalog: “Namibia”
  • Tagalog: “Namibya”
  • Tajik: “Намибия”
  • Talysh: “Namibijə”
  • Talysh: “Namibya”
  • Tamil: “நமீபியா”
  • Taroko: “Namibia”
  • Tatar: “Намибия”
  • Telugu: “నమీబియా”
  • Thai: “นามิเบีย”
  • Thai: “ประเทศนามิเบีย”
  • Tibetan: “ན་མི་བྷི་ཡ།”
  • Tibetan: “ན་མི་བི་ཡ།”
  • Tigrinya: “ናሚቢያ”
  • Tonga (Tonga Islands): “Namipia”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Namibia”
  • Tsonga: “Namibia”
  • Tswana: “Namibia”
  • Tumbuka: “Namibia”
  • Tunisian Arabic: “ناميبيا”
  • Turkish: “Namibya”
  • Turkmen: “Namibiýa”
  • Twi: “Namibia”
  • Tyap: “NAM”
  • Tyap: “Namibya”
  • Tyap: “Ri̱pobi̱lik Namibya”
  • Udmurt: “Намибия”
  • Uighur: “نامىبىيە”
  • Ukrainian: “Намібія”
  • Ukrainian: “Південно-Західна Африка”
  • Ukrainian: “Республіка Намібія”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Namibija”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Republika Namibija”
  • Urdu: “نامیبیا”
  • Urdu: “نمیبیا”
  • Uzbek: “Namibiya”
  • Venda: “Namibia”
  • Venetian: “Namìbia”
  • Veps: “Namibii”
  • Vietnamese: “Cộng hoà Namibia”
  • Vietnamese: “Cộng hòa Namibia”
  • Vietnamese: “Na-mi-bi-a (Namibia)”
  • Vietnamese: “Nam-mi-bi-a”
  • Vietnamese: “Namibia”
  • Vlaams: “Namibië”
  • Vlax Romani: “Namibia”
  • Volapük: “Namibiyän”
  • Võro: “Namiibia”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Namibia”
  • Welsh: “Namibia”
  • Western Armenian: “Նամիպիա”
  • Western Frisian: “Namibië”
  • Western Frisian: “Namybje”
  • Western Panjabi: “نامیبیا”
  • Western Panjabi: “نمیبیا”
  • Wolof: “Namibi”
  • Wu Chinese: “納米比亞”
  • Xhosa: “INamibia”
  • Yakut: “Намибия”
  • Yiddish: “נאמיביע”
  • Yiddish: “נאַמיביע”
  • Yoruba: “Namibia”
  • Yoruba: “Nàmíbíà”
  • Yue Chinese: “納米比亞”
  • Zeeuws: “Namibië”
  • Zhuang: “Namibia”
  • Zulu: “i-Namibia”
  • Zulu: “INamibhiya”
  • “ma Namipija”
  • “NA”
  • “NAM”
  • “Namibėjė”
  • “Namibia”
  • “Namiibia”
  • “नामीबिया”

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