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Namibia

Namibia is a country in Southern Africa with its capital in Windhoek.

Capital
Windhoek
Region
Southern Africa, Africa
Population
3.0 million
Languages
Afrikaans, German, English, Herero, Khoekhoe, Kwangali, Lozi, Ndonga, Tswana
Currency
Namibian dollar ($), South African rand (R)
Area
825,615 kmΒ²
Borders
πŸ‡¦πŸ‡΄ Angola πŸ‡§πŸ‡Ό Botswana πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡¦ South Africa πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡² Zambia

πŸ’‘ Has the world's oldest desert (Namib) and lowest population density after Mongolia.

About the flag

The golden sun with twelve triangular rays stands for life and energy, adopted at independence in 1990.

How to spot it: Blue top-left with a gold sun, green bottom-right, split by a white-edged red diagonal band; Tanzania’s band is black.

Often confused with: πŸ‡ΉπŸ‡Ώ Tanzania

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