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- 2. NAMIBIA TRABAJO DERICHARD JOSE JUNIOR MEDINA DOMINGUEZ AÑO 4TO ¨B¨ COLEGIO SANTA ANA Profesor : LUIPHER MENDOZA
- 3. Namibia (in Englishand officially: Republic of Namibia, in German: Republik Namibia, in Afrikaans: Republiek van Namibië) is a country in southwestern Africa that occupies the territory of what was known until the 1960s as SouthWest Africa, Limiting to the north with Angola, to the northeast with Zambia, to the west with the Atlantic Ocean, to the east with Botswana, and to the southeast and to the south with South Africa. He is a member of the Commonwealth of Nations, the African Union and the United Nations. Its capital and most populated city isWindhoek.
- 4. HISTORY OF NAMIBIA:THE FIRST REGISTERED HUMAN OCCUPATIONS ARE DUE TO THE NAMA OR SAN. LATER VARIOUS GROUPS FROM NORTH AFRICA SETTLED IN THE TERRITORY. EUROPEANS ARRIVED IN CONSIDERABLE NUMBERS DURING THE SECOND HALF OF THE 15TH CENTURY; THE COASTS OF NAMIBIA WERE EXPLORED BY THE PORTUGUESE BARTOLOMEU DIAS IN 1486, BUT THE ARIDITY OF THE TERRITORY DID NOT STIMULATE COLONIZATION AT THAT TIME. THE RECENT HISTORY OF NAMIBIA BEGAN IN JANUARY 1793, WHEN THE DUTCH CLAIMED WALVIS BAY. IN 1815, WITH THE ANNEXATION OF THE DUTCH CAPE OF GOOD HOPE COLONY BY THE BRITISH, THE PORT BECAME PART OF ITS TERRITORY.
- 5. GOBIERNO Y POLÍTICA THEHEAD OF STATE IS THE PRESIDENT, ELECTED BY UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE EVERY FIVE YEARS. THE GOVERNMENT IS HEADED BY THE PRIME MINISTER, WHO TOGETHER WITH HIS CABINET OF MINISTERS, IS APPOINTED BY THE PRESIDENT. THE POLITICAL PARTY WITH THE HIGHEST ELECTORAL WEIGHT AFTER INDEPENDENCE HAS BEEN THE SWAPO (SOUTH-WEST AFRICA PEOPLE'S ORGANIZATION, IN SPANISH, POPULAR ORGANIZATION OF SOUTH-WEST AFRICA) THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAS EXERCISED SINCE 1989 AND IN 2004 OBTAINED 75% OF THE VOTES (55 SEATS OF 78 IN THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY). THE NAMIBIAN PARLIAMENT IS BICAMERAL, COMPOSED OF THE NATIONAL COUNCIL, WHICH HAS 26 SEATS, OCCUPIED BY TWO ELECTED MEMBERS OF EACH REGIONAL COUNCIL IN SIX-YEAR TERMS; AND THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY, WITH 78 SEATS, OF WHICH 72 MEMBERS ARE ELECTED BY POPULAR VOTE AND THE REST ARE APPOINTED DIRECTLY BY THE PRESIDENT, IN FIVE-YEAR TERMS. THE ASSEMBLY IS THE MAIN LEGISLATIVE BODY OF THE COUNTRY, HAVING THE COUNCIL AS A DECISION SUPPORT BODY. THE CURRENT CONSTITUTION OF 1990 IS REMARKABLE FOR BEING ONE OF THE FIRST TO INCORPORATE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION IN ITS TEXT. THE HIGHEST JUDICIAL BODY IS THE SUPREME COURT, WHOSE JUDGES ARE DESIGNATED BY THE PRESIDENT ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE JUDICIAL SERVICE COMMISSION.
- 6. TERRITORIAL ORGANIZATION OFNAMIBIA NAMIBIA IS DIVIDED INTO THE FOLLOWING FOURTEEN REGIONS AFTER THE DIVISION OF THE KAVANGO REGION IN 2013: MAP OF NAMIBIA KUNENE OMUSATI OSHANA OHANGWENA OSHIKOTO WEST KAVANGO EAST KAVANGO CAPRIVI ERONGO OTJOZONDJUPA OMAHEKE KHOMAS HARDAP KARAS
- 7. GEOGRAPHY OF NAMIBIABRANDBERG MOUNTAIN. MAIN CITIES: WINDHOEK (250,000 INHABITANTS), SWAKOPMUND, WALVIS BAY, OKAHANDJA, OTJIWARONGO, KATIMA MULILO. AMONG ITS HIGHEST PEAKS ARE THE SPITZKOPPE AND BRANDBERG MOUNTAINS. NAMIBIA IS LOCATED IN A DESERT AREA DOMINATED BY THE NAMIB DESERT, WHICH GIVES ITS NAME TO THE COUNTRY, AND EXCEPT THE NORTHERN ZONE, IT IS A DRY AND DESERT PLACE WITH LITTLE RAINFALL. IN THIS AREA OF THE NORTH IS THE ETOSHA NATIONAL PARK, ONE OF THE LARGEST IN THE WORLD AND NOTABLE FOR ITS GREAT PLANT AND ANIMAL DIVERSITY OF SPECIES CHARACTERISTIC OF THE AFRICAN SAVANNA. THE KALAHARI DESERT STRETCHES THROUGH EASTERN NAMIBIA.