Namibia? Is that a country?

I am the marketing agent for African Extravaganza & I get a few calls every day from advertising agencies that would like to market us. The other day I got a call & listened to all the details of some new publication. It sounded great, but at the end, I asked if it’s going to be distributed in Namibia as well. The lady asked me to repeat the question twice, and then asked: “Namibia? Is that a country?”

So here's Namibia, the country:
Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in southern Africa on the Atlantic coast. It shares borders with Angola, and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east, and South Africa to the south. It gained independence from South Africa in 1990 and its capital city is Windhoek (German: Windhuk). Namibia is a member state of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), the African Union (AU), and the Commonwealth of Nations. Nambia is at the sothern tip of africa. Ref:  http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Where_is_Namibia_located

Map from:  http://www.africa-adventure.com/map/southern_africa

I would like to promote Namibia through this blog, it’s such a great country, not just for us Namibians living here, but it has happened very often that visitors got so hooked that they never leave again!


From a visitor:

Namibia is awesome! It's a big country - four times the size of the UK, but with a population of less than 2 million. It's a place of arid deserts, jagged mountains and haunting beauty. Read more:  http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Namibia/blog-14449.html

Namibia's North:  Kaokoland

Namibia's South:  Namib Desert