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Area > Comparative slightly more than half the size of Alaska
Area > Land	825,418 sq km		[34th of 238]
Source: CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006
Area > Total	825,418 sq km		[40th of 250]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Capital city with population	Windhoek - 161,000
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Climate desert; hot, dry; rainfall sparse and erratic
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook, City Population, CIA World Factbook, World Gazetteer, Official government websites.
Forested Land	9.8%		[149th of 193]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Geographic coordinates	22 00 S, 17 00 E
Source: FAO
Land boundaries > Border countries Angola 1,376 km, Botswana 1,360 km, South Africa 967 km, Zambia 233 km
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Land use > Arable land	0.99%		[196th of 258]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Largest city	Windhoek
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Largest city population	190,000		[136th of 174]
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook
Largest city with population	Windhoek - 161,000
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook
Location Southern Africa, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Angola and South Africa
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook, City Population, CIA World Factbook, World Gazetteer, Official government websites.
Map references Africa
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Natural hazards prolonged periods of drought
Source: CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006
Natural resources diamonds, copper, uranium, gold, silver, lead, tin, lithium, cadmium, tungsten, zinc, salt, hydropower, fish; note: suspected deposits of oil, coal, and iron ore
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Population density	2 people per sqkm		[225th of 256]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Population density > people per sq. km	2.47 people/m²		[202nd of 204]
Source: Heal The World Foundation.
Surface area > sq. km	824,290 km²		[33rd of 206]
Source: World Development Indicators database
tallest mountains > Mountain	Konigstein
Source: World Development Indicators database

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