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NAMIBIA

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Important Cities

  1. Windhoek(Capital)
  2. Karasburg
  3. Keetmanshoop
  4. Rehoboth
  5. Gobabis
  6. Walvis Bay
  7. Swakopmund
  8. Grootfontein
  9. Rundu
  10. Ondangwa
  11. Luderitz

Main Attractions

  1. Etosha National Park
  2. Fish River Hiking Trial
  3. Namib Naukluft Park
  4. Kokerboom (quiver Tree ) Forest
  5. Mamili National Park
  6. Mahango Game Reserve
  7. Hardap Dam
  8. Sossusvlei Area (Ocean of Sand)
  9. Skeleton Coast
  10. Waterberg Plateau Park
  11. Banks of Okavango River
  12. Kaudom Game Reserve
  13. Lake Otjikoto
  14. Daan Viljoen Game Park
  15. Namib Desert

Main Industries

  1. Diary Product
  2. Mining of Diamond
  3. Mining of Copper
  4. Fish Processing
  5. Mining of Lead
  6. Meat Packing
Hunted Facts on namibia
  • Namibia - in the south-west of Africa between the Orange river in the south and the Kunene river in the north - is an arid, rough land, a different world, but still inviting, strangely familiar and easy to travel.
  • Namibia is a photographer's dreamland, a land of contrasts and clear colours.
  • Namibia is Africa, with its friendly, natural people, with endless thorn savannah, Mopane bushland, Makalani palms and Baobabs, with lions and elephants, zebras and giraffes, an animal world as rich in species as no other on earth.
  • Namibia is a technicolor dreamscape, a land of swirling apricot dunes and shimmering white flats, mirages and dust devils, fl-faced impala and crimson-breasted shrike.
  • Namibia has four primary geographic regions, all of which are of great interest to the adventure traveller.
  • Namibia is populated by few people, but those few constitute an unusually diverse set of peoples and cultures.
  • Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in southern Africa on the Atlantic coast.
  • Namibia's bicameral parliament consists of the National Council with twenty six seats, occupied by two members chosen from each regional council to serve six-year terms; and the National Assembly of seventy eight seats, of which seventy two members are elected by popular vote, and six non-voting members are appointed by the president.
  • Namibia is in the process or formulating an Action Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour, which is expected to be adopted in the period 2006-2007.
  • Namibia is the fourth-largest exporter of nonfuel minerals in Africa, the world's fifth-largest producer of uranium, and the producer of large quantities of lead, zinc, tin, silver, and tungsten.





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