Official Name: Republic of Namibia

Currency: 1 Dollar = 100 cents (1,00 EUR = 8,80 NAD) » Currency Converter

Capital: Windhoek

Total land surface: 824,292 km² (World rank 33), thereof: 22% forests, 64% pasture land

Latitude: West-East: 1.450 km, North-South: 1.300 km

Population: 1.695 m

Official Language: English

Largest Cities: Windhoek (125,000); Swakopmund (15,500); Rundu (15,000); Rehoboth (15,000); Keetmanshoop (14,000)

Climate: The climate is significantly shaped by the influence of the trade winds and is mostly hot and dry. The average yearly rainfall in the Namib Desert is about 51 millimetres. In the interior of the country it advances from South (152 millimetres) to North (559 millimetres). The greatest rainfalls occur in summer (October until March). On the coastline the annual average temperature is 16,7 °C and in the interior of the country it is 21,1 °C.