Namibia

A sparsely-populated country located in southwestern Africa, NAMIBIA has the second lowest population density of all countries in the world. Namibia truly borders four countries: Angola located in the north, Botswana to the east, South Africa to the south and southeast, and Zambia north of the Caprivi Strip (northeastern Namibia). Although a zoomed-out, large-scale map seems to show Namibia directly bordering Zimbabwe to the east, zooming in further reveals a small separation between Namibia and Zimbabwe. This separation between Namibia's easternmost point and Zimbabwe's westernmost point is separated less than 530 meters and 1,738 feet apart. A former German colony known as German South-West Africa, Namibia gained its independence on March 21st, 1990.

● ● ● ● ●  People and Places  ● ● ● ● ●  While about 30 languages are spoken throughout the country, Namibia's sole official language is a non-native language: English. Due to former colonization by Germany, German is still spoken among some residents. Native languages include Afrikaans, Chokwe, Diriku, Fwe, Haillom, Herero, Jul'hoan, Khoekhoe, Kwambi, Kwangali, Kwanyama, Luyana, Nama, Nyemba, Yeyi, and Zemba. The capital and most-populated city is Windhoek. Other Namibian cities and communities include Berseba, Lüderitz, Okahandja, Rehoboth, and Swakopmund. Namibians use the Namibian Dollar, and its ISO 4217 currency code is NAD.

● ● ● ● ●  Land Features  ● ● ● ● ●  Namibia is located east of the South Atlantic Ocean and straddles the Tropic of Capricorn. With its iconic, towering sand dunes, the Namib Desert is situated immediately east of Skeleton Coast off of northwestern Namibia and Diamond Coast off of southwestern Namibia. The Kalahari Desert in eastern Namibia extends into western Botswana and northern South Africa. Standing at 8,550 feet or about 2,606 meters in western Namibia, Brandberg is the country's highest mountain. Also known as the King's Stone, Königstein (or Konigstein) is Brandberg's highest point. No point in Namibia is lower than the Atlantic sea level at zero feet and meters.

I designed and posted the map of Namibia in December 2020.