Namibia+Mara

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Red: Heroism of the people White: Peace, unity, tranquility,and harmony  Blue: Namibian sky, Atlantic ocean, rain, and water resources  Yellow sun: Power and existence  Green: vegetation and agricultural resources  <span style="color: #15158e; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">__People__

<span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Population- 2,108,665 people <span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Population Growth Rate- .95%

<span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Infant Mortality Rate- 45.51 per 1,000 live births

<span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Life Expectancy- 51.61(males) 50.86(females)

<span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Net Migration Rate- .3 migrants/1,000

<span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Literacy Rate- 85% population - 86.8% male - 83.5% female

<span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Ethnic groups:


 * <span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">50% Ovambo tribe
 * <span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">9% Kavangos
 * <span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">7% Herero
 * <span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">7% Damara
 * <span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">5% Nama
 * <span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">4% Caprivian
 * <span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">3% Bushmen
 * <span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">2% Baster
 * <span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">.5% Tswana

<span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Religions
 * <span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">80-90% Christian
 * <span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">10-20% Indigenous beliefs

<span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Languages
 * <span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">7% English- official
 * <span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">60% Afrikaans
 * <span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">32% German
 * <span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">1% Indigenous languages

<span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Education
 * <span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Have to attend until 16 years of age (6-16)
 * <span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Primary- 7 years Secondary- 5 years
 * <span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">80% of the students that were eligible attended primary school (1999)
 * <span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">34% of the students that were eligible attended secondary school (1999)

<span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Internet Access
 * <span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">113,500 users out of 2,108,665 poeple

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<span style="color: #15158e; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">Economy <span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Overview: <span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Namibia is extremely dependent on minerals for export such as diamonds, copper gold, zinc, lead, uranium. <span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Their economy is very close to South Africa's and their dollars are worth the same amount.


 * <span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">GDP per capita- $6,600 (2009 est.)
 * <span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Industries- meat packing, fish processing, dairy products, mining (diamonds, lead, silver, uranium, etc.)
 * <span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Labor Force (by occupation):
 * <span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Agriculture- 16.3%
 * <span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Industry- 22.4%
 * <span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Services- 61.3% (2008 est.)
 * <span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Agriculture Products- millet, sorghum, peanuts, grapes, livestock, fish
 * <span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Unemployment Rate- 51.2% (2008)
 * <span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Imports- food, petroleum products and fuel, machinery and equipment, chemicals
 * <span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Exports- diamonds, copper, gold, zinc, lead, uranium, cattle, processed fish, karakul skins
 * <span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Currency/exchange rate- $1.00 US = 7.00 Namibian dollars (NAD)

<span style="color: #15158e; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;"> <span style="color: #15158e; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">__Geography__

<span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">22 00 S, 17 00 E <span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">318,611 sq.m. <span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Desert is hot and dry, rainfall is rare and irregular
 * <span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Location-
 * <span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Area-
 * <span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Borders- Atlantic ocean, South Africa, Angola, Botswana, Zambia
 * <span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Climate-
 * <span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Natural Resources- diamonds, copper, uranium, gold, silver, lead, tin, lithium, cadmium, tungsten, zinc, salt, hydropower, fish
 * <span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Land Use
 * <span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">arable land- .99%
 * <span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">permanent crops- .01%
 * <span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">other- 99% (2005)
 * <span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Natural Hazard
 * <span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">long periods of drought
 * <span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">some areas go 100 years without any rain
 * <span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Current Environmental Issues
 * <span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">limited freshwater resources
 * <span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">desertification- more land is turning into a desert
 * <span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">wildife poaching
 * <span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">land degredation

<span style="color: #15158e; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;"> <span style="color: #15158e; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 250%; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;"> __<span style="color: #15158e; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">Government __
 * <span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Capital- Windhoek
 * <span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Chief of State- President Hifikepunye Pohamba
 * <span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Type- Republic
 * <span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Independence- March 21, 1990- from South African Mandate
 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Suffrage- 18 years old (universal)

<span style="color: #15158e; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;"> __<span style="color: #15158e; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">Timeline __

<span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">1886-1890- Modern day boundaries are established by a German Treaty with the Brittish and Portuguese <span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">1915- South Africa takes over during WWI <span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">1920- South Africa is granted mandate to govern South West Africa <span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">1958- The South West Africa People's Organization is created (SWAPO) <span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">1961- UN demands South Africa stop the mandate <span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">1968- South West Africa is officially renamed Namibia by UN <span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">1988- South Africa agrees to independence if Cuban troops are removed from Angola <span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">1989- SWAPO wins UN-supervised election <span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">1990- Namibia wins independence- Sam Nujoma is first president <span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">2007- Chinese president visits and signs aid and economic cooperation agreements <span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">2009- Pohamba and SWAPO party are re-elected

<span style="color: #15158e; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;"> __<span style="color: #15158e; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">Tourist Information __ <span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Sossusvlei- These are the tallest sand dunes in the world!

<span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Epupa Falls- Breathtaking waterfalls in Northern Namibia

<span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Fish River Canyon- Second largest canyon in the world after the Grand Canyon in the US.

<span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Swakopmund- peaceful, small resort town on the coast

<span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Windhoek- Amazing Capital <span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">These are some places that you will definitely NOT want to miss! <span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">To fly to Namibia you can fly to Paris and then to Windhoek. You can do this for about $2,401.95. <span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Some hotels in Windhoek are:
 * <span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Windhoek Country Club Resort
 * <span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Safari Court Hotel
 * <span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Kalahari Sands Hotel and Casino
 * <span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"><span style="color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Namushasha Country Lodge

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">You should visit your health care proider 4-8 weeks before visiting Namibia. <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">You should also get these vaccines:
 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Hepatitis A and B
 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Typhoid
 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Yellow Fever ( if coming from a yellow fever infected area of Africa or the Americas)
 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Polio (if never had vaccine as an adult but did as a child)
 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Rabies (if spending a lot of time outdoors)
 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Measles, Mumps, Rubella (if not previously given)
 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Tetanus

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 * __Student Handbook 2__. Nashville: Southwestern, 2005

Mara Eisenbarth