Namibia

Map of Namibia Courtesy of CIA

Vital Statistics Areal extent: 824,290 sq.km.~ Population (1994): 1,653,000** Population density: 2 per sq. km. Urban population (1980/1997): 23/38* Population growth (1990-1997): 2.6% p.a.* Fertility rate (1980/1996): 5.9/4.9* Capitals: Windhoek Largest city/population: Windhoek/160,000 GNP per capita 1997): $2,220* * = World Bank 1999 ** = World Resources Institute 1998 ~ = Instituto del Tercer Mundo 1997

Government and politics Government of Namibia - homepage Ministry of Environment and Tourism News from Namibia AllAfrica.com - Namibia page The Economist of Namibia IRIN - Namibia page The Namibian Other sites of Namibia interest Namibian Economic Policy research Unit (NEPRU) Remembering 1904 - Goethe Institut commemoration of the war of aggression launched by the German colonial army against the Herero and Nama peoples of Namibia between 1904 and 1908 List of links to articles and sites dealing with 1904-1908 war back to the top Copyright: Lawrence Flint 2004