NationMaster - Namibian Geography statistics

Area > Comparative slightly more than half the size of Alaska
Area > Total	40 sq km	[40th of 248]
Area > Water	153 sq km	[153rd of 237]
Capital city with population	Windhoek - 161,000
Climate desert; hot, dry; rainfall sparse and erratic
Coastline	71 km	[71st of 249]
Elevation extremes > Highest point	Konigstein 2,606 m
Forested Land	149%	[149th of 193]
Geography > Note first country in the world to incorporate the protection of the environment into its constitution; some 14% of the land is protected, including virtually the entire Namib Desert coastal strip
Irrigated land	141 sq km	[141st of 185]
Land boundaries > Total	46 km	[46th of 161]
Largest city	Windhoek
Largest city population	136	[136th of 174]
Largest city with population	Windhoek - 161,000
Location Southern Africa, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Angola and South Africa
Map references Africa
Maritime claims > Contiguous zone	48 nm	[48th of 82]
Natural resources diamonds, copper, uranium, gold, silver, lead, tin, lithium, cadmium, tungsten, zinc, salt, hydropower, fish
Population density	225 people per sqkm	[225th of 256]
Terrain mostly high plateau; Namib Desert along coast; Kalahari Desert in east

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SOURCES: The area of various small countries expressed in comparison to various areas within the United States of America. ; Total area in square kilometers ; Total water area in square kilometers ; Capital cities including most recent population (estimates included). Populations are figures only within the city limits, unless otherwise specified. All populations are from 2001 t0 2005 unless otherwise specified.; A brief description of typical weather regimes throughout the year. ; The total length of the boundary between the land area (including islands) and the sea. ; Highest point above sea level ; Forested land as a proportion of total land area, estimate by FAO; This entry includes miscellaneous geographic information of significance not included elsewhere. ; The number of square kilometers of land area that is artificially supplied with water. ; The total length of all land boundaries and the individual lengths for each of the contiguous border countries ; The city with the highest population; The population of the country's largest city; Largest cities including most recent population (estimates included). Populations are figures only within the city limits, unless otherwise specified. All populations are from 2001 t0 2005 unless otherwise specified.; The country's regional location, neighboring countries, and adjacent bodies of water. ; The name of the CIA World Factbook reference map on which a country may be found. The entry on Geographic coordinates may be helpful in finding some smaller countries. ; Contiguous zone - according to the LOS Convention (Article 33), this is a zone contiguous to a coastal State's territorial sea, over which it may exercise the control necessary to: prevent infringement of its customs, fiscal, immigration, or sanitary laws and regulations within its territory or territorial sea; punish infringement of the above laws and regulations committed within its territory or territorial sea; the contiguous zone may not extend beyond 24 nautical miles from the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured (e.g. the US has claimed a 12-mile contiguous zone in addition to its 12-mile territorial sea). A full and definitive definition can be found in the Law of the Sea (LOS) Convention. ; A country's mineral, petroleum, hydropower, and other resources of commercial importance. ; People per square kilometre, in 1999. At this time the world average was 14.42.; A brief description of the topography

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Namibia, Republic of Namibia

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