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| Land Boudaries Total :
| 3,936 km .
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| Geographic Coordinates :
| desert; hot, dry; rainfall sparse and erratic .
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| Area Total :
| 825,418 sq km .
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| Area Land :
| 825,418 sq km .
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| Area Water :
| 0 sq km .
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| Area Comparative :
| slightly more than half the size of Alaska .
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| Coast Line :
| 1,572 km .
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| Railways Total :
| 2,382 km .
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| Highways Total :
| 66,467 km .
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| Waterways :
| .
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| Ports and Harbors :
| Luderitz, Walvis Bay .
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Map Windhoek (capital) 1960,
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Population on 27-Aug-01 : 233529
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Windhoek (pronounced ?VINT hook? or ?VUNT (h)ook?; in German "Windhuk") is the capital of Namibia, 22.56 S 17.09 E. It has a population of 230,000 and is a major trade centre of sheep skins. Windhoek was originally the centre of a Nama chief, who defeated the Herero inhabitants of the region in the 19th century. Germany occupied the region in 1885, and it became the seat of colonial rule in 1892, as the capital of the colony of South-West Africa (Deutsch-S?dwestafrika). During World War I, Windhoek was captured by South African troops.
The city of Windhoek is traditionally known by two names: Ai-Gams, from the Nama people, which literally refers to the hot springs that were once part of Windhoek, while the second name, Otjomuise, meaning a place of steam, was given by the Herero people. Both traditional names reference the hot springs.
The early settlements of Windhoek came about because of the water from the hot springs. In the mid-1800's Captain Jan Jonker Afrikaner settled near one of the main hot springs, located in the present-day Klein-Windhoek, an upper-class suburb of Windhoek.
(From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.)
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