Namibia is a sizeable yet sparsely populated country, spanning a total of 824,292 square kilometres 318,260 sq. Army map service, series 2201 sheets 29, 30, 33 and 35 cover all of namibia. Download free namibia maps free map downloadsfree world country map downloads. Classic namibia itinerary this is an example of a classic twoweek namibia selfdrive safari. This campsite in northern namibias owamboland region alows you to explore the area and marvel at this versatile tree.
Namibia canyon fish river plateau waterberg caprivi strip np national park fr forest reserve gr game reserve nr nature reserve 0 100 km 0 60 miles. Of southern and eastern africa renewable energy zones searezs this interactive pdf map contains locations of high quality wind, solar photovoltaic pv, and concentrated solar power csp zones and estimated zone attributes important to the siteselection process e. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. It has a population of 268,2, and is located on a latitue of 22. It is bordered by angola to the north, zambia to the northeast, botswana to the east, south africa to the southeast and south, and the atlantic ocean to. The area around okahao is flat, arable land which is mainly used for subsistence farming. The ombalantu baobab heritage centre has a baobab tree which is an estimated 800 years old and stands 28 metres tall. Elevation, latitude and longitude of ombalantu, outapi, namibia on the world topo map. Most of the sites are coastal or inland wetlands map 1.
Namibia has a population of less than 2,0 million people and with a land area of 825,418 sq km, the population density is one of the lowest in the world at less than 2 people per km. By browsing through this site you agree to our use of cookies. It is a large political map of africa that also shows many of the continents physical features in color or shaded relief. When youre done, you can download your namibia travel guide to your phone or tablet, or print it as a pdf. It is available from gondwana free of charge, or as pdf download. Roads are named, with distances between points and it shows gps coordinates of major intersections. The namib desert and the coastal plains along the atlantic inhospitable enough for about 2000 km. I also really enjoyed the detail and the gps markers. We also used it on our trip and having the map on your ipad means it is a lot easier to use while in the confined spaces of your car. The last digit has been omitted on this map as being unecessary. Namibia map detailed map of namibia find attractions.
If namibia is africa for beginners, as is often said, what a wonderful place to start. Nearly all of the sites 17 out of 19 are important for species of. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Namibia botswana caprivi strip 50 caprivi strip angola otjihende steirandberge kaokaland 20. Our namibia map is well researched, very thorough and is an important planning tool for any upcoming namibia trip.
Ours is now a country known for its institutionalised democracy, peace and stability, and a wellmanaged economy. This publication complements the hydrogeological map of namibia at scale 1. Army map service sheets sh 33 and sh 34 cover only the extreme south of namibia. Namibia has good infrastructure and friendly people and the combination lends itself to selfexploration. One of the most commonly driven routes to damaraland starts in swakopmund, the adventure capital of namibias atlantic coast. They are subject to change without notice and such changes will be periodically inserted herein.
It includes a few of namibias small safari lodges and bush camps. Namibia protects a significant proportion 18% of its land with designated national. In 2012, scientists found over 5billion cubic meters of water within the cuvelai. Windhoek is also the political center of namibia, which is considered a republic, and home to its executive head of state. The namib desert stretches along the entire coastline of namibia, and contains some of the oldest deserts in the world. Meredith mckittrick, a history lecturer at the university of georgetown, usa today a debate rages in ombalantu about whether to restore the kingship, and people have very different opinions about the desirability of a king. On namibia map, you can view all states, regions, cities, towns, districts, avenues, streets and popular centers satellite, sketch and terrain maps. Youll see personalized ideas from other travelers like you.
Wheretostay namibia use the interactive map to plan your trip. Travel news namibia is a highquality glossy namibia travel and lifestyle magazine tasked with promoting namibia to the world. As youll see, the circular route means no long distances between attractions and no backtracking. Roads are named, with distances between points and it shows gps coordinates of major intersections, as well as many minor ones too.
South africa, namibia, botswana marco polo map marco polo maps by marco polo travel publishing sep 15, 2016. Click on this namibia map, around etosha in the north, or the namibnaukluft in the south, for much more. Use this map type to plan a road trip and to get driving directions in namibia. Photographs, room types, activities, facilities, location booking information and information for your stay at blackjack damaraland, read all the accommodation information about blackjack. The map focuses on an example of the ndiyona constituency from the kavango. This map splits namibia into holiday and safari areas. The countrys name derives from its and the worlds oldest desert, the namib, and there are few more stirring desert realms on the planet, from the sand sea and perfect deadtree valleys at. Detailed map of namibia showing the location of all major national parks, game reserves, regions, cities and tourism highlights. Detailed clear large road map of namibia with road routes from cities to towns, road intersections to provinces and perfectures. A wide variety of namibia maps including census area, historical, outline, political, relief, topographical and large color and printable maps by.
Not for navigational use this series covers all of namibia 1. It is now some 22 years since namibia gained her political independence, when we became masters of our destiny. View, select, enquire and book travel services from an online interactive map of namibia and botswana. As the national authority for survey and mapping in namibia, the directorate of survey and mapping dsm provide proffessional services and advice to the gorvernment, parastatals, private companies and the general public on the matter relating to survey and mapping, and derives its main mandate from land survey act, 1993 no. Namibia map road information and distances blackjack damaraland accommodation guide everything you need to know before visiting blackjack damaraland namibia. Namibia maps world map world atlas atlas of the world. The ombalantu baobab tree, known also as a tree of life or omukwa waambalantu, is a giant baobab tree of the species adansonia digitata, situated in outapi in the north of namibia on the main road 123 from tsandi. Our namibia map is well researched, very thorough and is an important planning and ontheroad tool for any namibia trip.
The hollowedout trunk of this baobab tree has in the past been used as a post office and a chapel. Deforestation in the owambo region, north namibia, since the 1850s article pdf available in environment and history 23. Our main attraction is a huge hollow baobab tree that have been used as a hideout, a post office, a chapel and military base. This place is situated in omusati, namibia, its geographical coordinates are 17 30 0 south, 14 58 0 east and its original name with diacritics is ombalantu. More detailed maps of the individual areas show where there are different safari camps and lodges are. Look for places and addresses in namibia with our street and route map. Home all maps large detailed road map of namibia with all cities, villages and other large detailed road map of namibia with all cities, villages and other. Read more about each one by clicking the blue markers. The central plateau rises to 2606 m that is where cities are concentrated. Meredith mckittrick, a history lecturer at the university of georgetown, usa. The detailed road map represents one of many map types and styles available.
When you have eliminated the javascript, whatever remains must be an empty page. Ombalantu oshakati okahao ongandjera ondangwa calueque namacunde oshikango palmwag rosh pinah seal reserve cape cross twyfelfontein petrified forest d e r n e s s namibrand namibnaukluft nr park national park skeleton coast o n s k e l e t c o a s t w i l dorob national park 1973m naukluft burnt 1728m spitzkoppe brandberg 2573m. Place names in namibia come from different languages. Find information about weather, road conditions, routes with driving directions, places and things to do in your destination. It is the capital of omusati region and the district capital of the outapi electoral constituency. With interactive namibia map, view regional highways maps, road situations, transportation, lodging guide, geographical map, physical maps and more information. You can also take advantage of our two following search bars. Cities and towns in namibia are distinguished by the status the government of namibia has. The article is reproduced with a permission from the author dr. Since then we have, without exaggeration, reached a number of important milestones in our development. Find local businesses and nearby restaurants, see local traffic and road conditions. This map shows towns, villages, main roads, secondary roads, tracks, airports, points of interest and sightseeings in namibia. Using gps coordinates in a vehicle within the confines of a road or track requires. Jun 03, 20 welcome to our namibian heritage centre and traditional art craft shop, ombalantu baobab tree heritage centre.
Namibia maps perrycastaneda map collection ut library online. Namibia political 1990 168k and pdf format 174k namibia shaded relief 1990 332k and pdf format 343k namibia small map 2016 21. If you would like to recommend this namibia map page to a friend, or if you just want to send yourself a reminder, here is the easy way to do it. The country has a vast, wellmaintained road network with international links to south africa, botswana.
Although namibia is rated as a middleincome country, and is therefore not eligible for certain financial aid or debt relief, this image is badly skewed as most of the wealth remains in the hands of only 5% of the population. Discover sights, restaurants, entertainment and hotels. You can plan a trip or just browse accommodation, activities and services. Save your favorite travel ideas and see them on a map.
This booklet is intended as a service to the citys customers and potential customers. Windhoek, capital of namibia walvis bay swakopmund. Anamulenge is a former catholic mission station in the omusati region in the north of namibia in the ombalantu tribal area. The management of place names in the postcolonial period in. Click here to go to the main site namibia map markers.
You can come into the baobab tree and find the tree was chapel. Namibia map detailed map of namibia national parks. Namibia map road information and distances madbookings. Namibia political 1990 168k and pdf format 174k namibia shaded relief 1990 332k and pdf format 343k. Okahao is the largest town in ongandjera, the birthplace of namibia s founding president sam nujoma. Naming and renaming of places continued in namibia after independence. This is the city where most safaris travelling through namibia begin, and also the first point of entry in namibia should you arrive by airplane. The tree measures 26,5 metres in diameter, which means that it takes 25 adults.
Today a debate rages in ombalantu about whether to restore the kingship, and people have very different opinions about the desirability of a king. Get price alerts and deals so you can travel your way. Ombalantu baobab tree heritage centre namibia sme portal. Get your guidebooks, travel goods, even individual chapters, right here. This map should not be used for lifting coordinates by measuring from the grid lines, as the large scale and type of projection does not permit accuracy sufficient for road navigation. Wheretostay namibia use the interactive map to plan. Namibia and represents nearly half of the total population of namibia. Republic of namibia namibias fourth national development. It features particularly harsh geographical features, with central semiarid mountains, the namib desert on the coast, and the kalahari desert to the east of the mountains. It is in the geographic centre of the country at an elevation of 1,600m. Ombalantu oshakati okahao ongandjera ondangwa calueque namacunde oshikango palmwag rosh pinah seal reserve cape cross petrified forest d e r n e s s namibrand. Note that maps may not appear on the webpage in their full size and resolution.
The campsite is located at a former army base and is therefore rich in preindependence. It includes all national, major and minor roads as well as many 4. Pdf deforestation in the owambo region, north namibia. Loading the comprehensive wheretostay mapbased itinerary system. Anyone touring namibia should definitely take our road map along. Outapi wa nakafingo na temba, also outapi or uutapi and ombalantu, is a town in northern namibia near the. Namibia is a country custommade for selfdrive safaris, with easily navigable gravel roads, minimal traffic and an impressively low crime rate.
If you are interested in namibia and the geography of africa our large laminated map of africa might be just what you need. It is with regret that gondwana collection namibia has learnt that the. This map of namibia shows the major attractions, cities and towns scattered across this vast country situated in the south west of africa, bordering south africa, angola and botswana with the finger of the caprivi strip touching zambia and zimbabwe. Only the zambezi river, which catchment covers 369 km 2 in the far northeastern caprivi. The kalahari desert, however, is namibias best known geographical feature, and is divided between south africa and botswana. Windhoek arrive in namibia s capital, check into your guesthouse and then head over to the famous joes beer house for some delicious. Position your mouse over the map and use your mousewheel to zoom in or out. The geology of namibia encompasses rocks of paleoproterozoic, mesoproterozoic and neoproterozoic and paleozoic to cenozoic age. Welcome to our namibian heritage centre and traditional art craft shop, ombalantu baobab tree heritage centre. City of windhoek cooperations and partnerships pdf. Namibia is a country that is situated in the southern africa and it has the atlantic ocean on its west. Groundwater in namibia an explanation to the hydrogeological map. Efundja is the ovambo word for flood and refers to the seasonal floods that occur annually when water from angolas cuvelai river basin fills the entire areas oshanas with water. Outapi is the name of a town and hospital in the omusati region 90 kilometres west of.
Few countries in africa can match namibias sheer natural beauty. Reasonable checking has been done to ensure that these tariffs, charges etc. Outapi, also known as uutapi and ombalantu, is a town in northern namibia near the border with angola situated 90 km 56 mi northwest of oshakati. Browse the list of administrative regions below and follow the navigation through administrative regions to find populated place you are interested in. New namibia road map available travel news namibia.
The towns are consequently also relatively small and widely spread. Road map of the town of windhoek in namibia prepare your trip in the town of windhoek in namibia. To save the maps to your computer, rightclick on the link. Windhoek windhoek is namibia s capital and largest city. Ombalantu baobab tree heritage centre namibia sme portal site. All you have to do is select the type of places youd like to include restaurants, museums, etc. This a sketch map of namibia showing its key tarred road arteries, national parks, towns, and areas of interest for visitors, especially those on safari holidays. Large detailed road map of namibia with all cities, villages. On this namibia map you can find destinations, attractions and game reserves in nambia.
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