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:NAMIBIA FACTFILE:
Capital: Windhoek
Location : Southern Africa, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Angola and South Africa
Surface Area : 825,418 sq km (water: 0 sq km)
Climate: Desert; hot, dry; rainfall sparse and erratic
Population: 1,797,677 (July 2001 est.)
Languages: English 7% (official), Afrikaans
Religions: Christian 80% to 90% (Lutheran 50% at least), indigenous beliefs 10% to 20%
Literacy: 38% (male: 45%, female: 31%)
Executive branch: Chief of state: President Sam Shafishuna NUJOMA (since 21 March 1990)
Currency: Namibian dollar (NAD); South African rand (ZAR) |
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Getting There
By Air: Namibia’s national airline is Air Namibia (SW) (website: www.airnamibia.com), which provides flights from Windhoek to Frankfurt. Other airlines including LTU International Airways, British Airways, Lufthansa and South African Airways also operate from and to the country. The flight from Frankfurt to Windhoek takes nine hours.
International airports: Windhoek International Airport (WDH) is 40km (25 miles) from the city and takes about 35 minutes. Visitors can take buses to the city. Airport facilities include restaurant, bars, snack bar, duty-free shops, post office, bureau de change and car hire. Buses return to the airport from the Kalahari Sands Hotel in Windhoek. Taxis are also available and a ride to the city takes 40 minutes. Visitors do not have to pay departure tax.
By Sea: visitors can reach Windhoek from the modern deep-water harbour at Walvis Bay and the port at Lüderitz.
By Rail: The railway network linking most towns in Namibia to Windhoek is joined to the RSA rail system at Ariamsvlei, Namibia. There is one train per week, with connections from Cape Town and Johannesburg that follows the Johannesburg–De Aar–Keetmanshoop–Windhoek and Cape Town–Windhoek routes.
By Road: Windhoek can be reached by taking the tarred road runs from the south through Upington in South Africa to Grünau, where it connects with the tarred road from Cape Town. The untarred road from the east from Botswana to Gobabis is currently being upgraded as part of a new trans-Kalahari highway. The trans-Caprivi highway runs through the Caprivi strip and via Botswana into Zimbabwe. Overnight bus services are also available from Windhoek to Cape Town and Johannesburg that ply three times a week. Other services go to Botswana and Zambia.
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