The+Republic+of+Namibia

By Angie Camacho

toc =My Country Facts=

Official Name of the Country
The Republic of Namibia

Year that country joined UN:
1990

People
The people of Namibia are called Namibian. The official language of this country is English.But the most used language is Afrikaans, German a bit less and indigenous languages that are Oshivambo, Herero and Nama. The most-practiced religion is Christian. In Namibia are 2,128,471 inhabitants.
 * 1.What are the people from the country called?**
 * 2.What is the official language? What other languages do people speak?**
 * 3.What is the most-practiced religion?**
 * 4.How many inhabitants live in your country?**

Government
The name of the leader of the country is the president Hifikepunye Pohamba. The government in Namibia is ruled by a republic. All People's Party or APP; Congress of Democrats or COD; Democratic Turnhalle Alliance of Namibia or DTA; Monitor Action Group or MAG; National Democratic Movement for Change or NamDMC; National Unity Democratic Organization or NUDO; Rally for Democracy and Progress or RDP; Republican Party or RP; South West Africa National Union or SWANU; South West Africa People's Organization or SWAPO; United Democratic Front or UDF. Yes, Namibia was a colony but in the year 1990 it gained its independence. The capital of Namibia is Windhoek
 * 1.What is the name of the leader of the country?**
 * 2.What type of governments is the country ruled by?**
 * 3.What are the main political parties of the country?**
 * 4.Was your country ever a colony? If so, when did it gain its independence?**
 * 5.What is the capital of Namibia?**

Geography
Namibia is in southwest Africa. Namibia is bordered between Angola and South Africa. The Namibian landscape consists generally of five geographical areas, between them, the Central Plateau, the Namib Desert, the Great Escarpment, the Byshveld and the Kalahari Desert. desert; hot, dry; rainfall sparse and erratic.
 * 1.Where is the country?**
 * 2.What other nations border the country?**
 * 3.What kind of landscape does the country have?**
 * 4.What is the climate of the country?**

Economy
The most common sector is services. 51'2 % (2008) Meatpacking, fish processing, dairy products, mining (diamonds; lead; zinc; tin; silver; tungsten; uranium; cooper).
 * 1.What is the most common sector of employment in the country?**
 * 2.What is the unemployment rate in your country (by percentage)?**
 * 3.What are the industries?**

The most surprising thing I learned about my country was: the adult prevalence rate is 15,3 % (2007) in AIDS

=My Predictions=

I think Namibia is a country that does not engage in animal trafficking, but people from other countries yes, because Namibia is a country who have many varieties of animals for example elephants, lions, birds.
 * Trafficking of species**

I think that child labour is a case ocurring in many poor countries, as also Namibia. And this is because there are many children without education and they need money, and there are a lot of children dying because the work is hard and stressful for them.
 * Child Labour**

=Position Paper=