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Location
• Situated in Southern Africa, Namibia is bordered by the Atlantic
Ocean on the west, Angola, and Zambia in the north, Botswana on the
east and South Africa in the south.
Area
• 824,268 km² |
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Cities
• Capital: Windhoek
• Other major towns: Keetmanshoop, Oranjemund, Lüderitz,
Swakopmund, Walvis Bay, Otjiwarongo, Tsumeb, Mariental, Ondangwa,
Oshakati, Gobabis, Rundu, Katima Mulilo, and Grootfontein.
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Terrain
• Semiarid mountains and high plateau, coastal Namib Desert,
Kalahari Desert in the east. |
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Climate
• Desert, semi-desert, hot and dry with sparse and erratic rainfall.
Elevation Extremes
• Lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0m.
• Highest point: Königstein 2,606m. |
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Natural Resources
• Diamonds, copper, uranium, gold, lead, tin, lithium, cadmium,
zinc, salt, vanadium, natural gas, hydropower, fish.
Note: Suspected deposits of oil, coal and iron ore.
Natural Hazards
• Prolonged periods of drought and sporadic floods |
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