{"id":3522,"date":"2022-11-13T11:28:26","date_gmt":"2022-11-13T11:28:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xeroltha.com\/?p=3522"},"modified":"2026-03-11T08:49:59","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T08:49:59","slug":"full-guide-of-namibias-demographics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xeroltha.com\/blog\/full-guide-of-namibias-demographics\/","title":{"rendered":"Full Guide of Namibia&#8217;s Demographics"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>General Information<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Surface Area:<\/strong> 825,000 km2<br \/>\n<strong>Capital:<\/strong> Windhoek<br \/>\n<strong>Independence:<\/strong> 21 March 1990<br \/>\n<strong>Political System:<\/strong> Democracy<br \/>\n<strong>Leading Party:<\/strong> SWAPO<br \/>\n<strong>President:<\/strong> Dr. Hage Geingob<br \/>\n<strong>Freedom of religion:<\/strong> 90% Christian<\/p><div class=\"03bb5c02e2f58c6bb7f372bc13011e34\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:10px;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-8677361123316975\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ZXZ -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8677361123316975\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3054782407\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br><br \/>\n<\/div>\n\n<p><strong>Population:\u00a0<\/strong>2,2 million people of which 15% (240,000 people) live in the capital of Windhoek.<br \/>\n<strong>Population density:<\/strong> 2,2 people\/km2<br \/>\n<strong>Languages:<\/strong> English is the official language of Namibia. Afrikaans and German are also widely spoken. In total, 16 languages and dialects are spoken by 13 ethnic cultures.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Climate <\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Namibia is one of the driest countries south of the Sahara. 70% of the country&#8217;s rainfall occurs between December and March. Temperatures reach above 35\u00b0C in the summer months (October &#8211; April). During winter (May &#8211; September) days are warm but nights are very cold, often below 0\u00b0C.<br \/>\nThe country is wedged between the Namib Desert in the West and the Kalahari Desert in the East.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Money\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h4><strong>Currency:\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>The Namibian Dollar (N$) is fixed to the value of the South African Rand (ZAR\/R) which can also be used as legal tender. All major credit cards are accepted.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Banking Hours:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Monday &#8211; Friday: 09:00 &#8211; 15:30<br \/>\nSaturdays: 08:30 &#8211; 11:00<\/p>\n<h4><strong>VAT Refunds:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>For purchases exceeding N$ 250, foreign tourists can obtain a VAT refund (15%) at their port of exit, provided that all cash slips have been kept.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Tourism Levy:\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>All accommodation establishments are obliged by law to charge a tourism levy of either 1% (all-inclusive rate) or 2% (Bed or B&amp; B rate).<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Telephone\/ Communication:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Namibia has direct dialing facilities to 221 countries. Mobile communication is well supported by various service providers with international roaming agreements in place with over 100 countries.<\/p><div class=\"03bb5c02e2f58c6bb7f372bc13011e34\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:10px;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-8677361123316975\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ZXZ -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8677361123316975\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3054782407\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br><br \/>\n<\/div>\n\n<h4><strong>Dialing Codes:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong>Calls from outside Namibia<\/strong><br \/>\nCountry Code: ++264 plus Area code (without the &#8220;0&#8221;) plus telephone number (usually 6 digits) Example: ++264 61 123456<br \/>\n<strong>Calls from inside Namibia<\/strong><br \/>\nArea Code (eg 061 or 067 or 064 etc) plus telephone number( eg 061 123456)<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Transport<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Only about 12% of all roads are tarred; within the country gravel roads are predominant.<br \/>\nHarbours: Luderitz and Walvis Bay<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Main Airports:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Hosea Kutako International Airport (40 km outside Windhoek)<br \/>\nEros Airport (within Windhoek) &#8211; mainly domestic charters.<br \/>\nOndangwa Airport &#8211; mainly domestic charters and regional flights.<br \/>\nOtherwise, many airstrips (approx. 45) are available throughout Namibia. An extensive network of regional and international flights to Windhoek; domestic charters to all destinations.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Public transport:\u00a0 <\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Very limited<br \/>\nBus service: Whk &#8211; Cape Town &#8211; Johannesburg &#8211; Vic FalIs &#8211; Swakopmund.<br \/>\nTravel by train: operates between Karasburg in the south, Windhoek in the central, Swakopmund in the West, Gobabis in the East, and Ondangwa in the North.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Flora &amp; Fauna:\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Namibia boasts 120 different species of trees, 200 endemic plant species, and more than 100 lichen species. The Welwitschia Mirabilis is Namibia&#8217;s living fossil plant.<\/p>\n<p>On the Fauna front Namibia offers the big 5: Lion, Leopard, Buffalo, Elephant, and Rhino, plus Cheetah and Giraffe and about 20 antelope species and hundreds of mammal and reptile species, not to forget over 670 bird species.<\/p>\n<p>Nature reserves cover 15% of the entire surface area. Perennial rivers run only in the south (Orange River) and the north (Kunene, Okavango, Zambezi, and the Kwando\/Lynianti\/ Chobe) whereas ephemeral rivers run only during the rainy season (Le. December to March), amongst those are the Fish River, the Kuiseb, the Ugab and the Swakop Rivers.<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General Information Surface Area: 825,000 km2 Capital: Windhoek Independence: 21 March 1990 Political System: Democracy Leading Party: SWAPO President: Dr. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,194],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3522","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-namibia","category-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xeroltha.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3522","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/xeroltha.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/xeroltha.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xeroltha.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xeroltha.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3522"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/xeroltha.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3522\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3527,"href":"https:\/\/xeroltha.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3522\/revisions\/3527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xeroltha.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xeroltha.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xeroltha.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}