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Aerial view of Spitzkoppe The butter bush is commonly found around Spitzkoppe.. In 1896, a trading post named Spitzkopje was built below the mountain by the German Colonial Society, the centrepiece of a 120,000-hectare farm.
As of 2015 Namibia has 26 towns, each of them governed by a town council that has between 7 and 12 seats. Compared to villages, towns have the authority to set up facilities like ambulance and fire fighting services and electricity supply without the approval of the Minister of Urban and Rural Development.
Namaqualand (Khoikhoi: "Nama-kwa" meaning Nama Khoi people's land) is an arid region of Namibia and South Africa, extending along the west coast over 1,000 km (600 mi) and covering a total area of 440,000 km 2 (170,000 sq mi).
Namibia had already been allocated its own country code by the International Telecommunication Union, +264, in the late 1960s. [2] Windhoek, Namibia to Johannesburg, South Africa Before 1992: 011 xxx xxxx After 1992: 00 27 11 xxx xxxx [3] Johannesburg, South Africa to Windhoek, Namibia Before 1992: 061 xxx xxx After 1992: 09 264 61 xxx xxx [4]
1 Africa. 2 Americas. 3 Asia. 4 Europe. ... This is a list of diplomatic missions of Namibia. ... Cape Town: Consulate-General [16]
The N7 is a national route in South Africa that runs from Cape Town northwards through the West Coast and Namaqualand regions to the Namibian border at Vioolsdrif. [1] It is known as the Cape Namibia Road. After crossing the border, it changes designation to B1 and runs north through Windhoek and the north of Namibia.
Namibia Media Holdings (NMH, previously Democratic Media Holdings, DMH) is a publishing house in Namibia. Founded in 1992, it publishes three major Namibian newspapers , the Afrikaans -language Republikein , the German Allgemeine Zeitung , and the Namibian Sun in English.
The Namibia Press Agency (NAMPA) is the national news agency of the Republic of Namibia. It was founded in 1987 under the name Namibia Press Association as a SWAPO partisan press agency, [1] and resuscitated after independence under its current name in 1991. Its operation is regulated by the Namibia Press Agency Act of 1992. [2]