Namibia

Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in southern Africa whose western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Zambia and Angola to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and east. Although it does not border Zimbabwe, a part of less than 200 metres of the Zambezi River separates the two countries. Namibia gained independence from South Africa on 21 March 1990, following the Namibian War of Independence. Its capital and largest city is Windhoek, and it is a member state of the United Nations, the Southern African Development Community, the African Union, and the Commonwealth of Nations.

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Geographical values

• absolute in degrees, minutes and seconds:
  22° 34′ 2″ S • of southern latitude
  17° 5′ 15″ E • of eastern longitude
• in degrees with decimal fractions:
  −22.567361°; 17.087421°

Length of Namibia from south to north is 1,334.896 kilometers, from west ot east – from 1,336.107 km on south to 1,460.804 km on north.