Namibia
Namibia (formerly South-West Africa)A country in southern Africa with borders on Angola in the north, Botswana in the east, and South Africa in the south.
Physical.
In the north-east of Namibia a long sliver of territory, the Caprivi Strip, reaches between Angola and Botswana to Zambia. In the west the Namib Desert stretches down the Atlantic Ocean coast; in the east is the Kalahari. The higher land between is also hot and arid and has no permanent rivers.Economy.
Poor rainfall limits agriculture to livestock-raising, although fishing, millet, maize, and wheat are also important. Exports are dominated by uranium and diamonds. Diamonds are found near the Orange River in the extreme south. There are also deposits of tungsten, vanadium, tin, copper, and lead. There is a shortage of skilled labour, and manufacturing industry is limited. The economy has not recovered from the devastation of the war for independence,...[The entire page is 505 words long]
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