It is also bordered by Angola to the north, Botswana to the east, and the Atlantic ocean to the west. Straddling the tropic of Capricorn, it is south of the equator, so the seasons are opposite those in the northern hemisphere. Namibia has much desert country, including the Namib desert along the Atlantic coast and the sandy Kalahari desert in the southeast. If button doesn't work with your browser, click here . The population is approximately one and a half million, eighty percent of whom are black African in origin.
Whites are mainly of English, German, and Dutch descent.
The Namas are a brown skinned tribal group of the south. There is also a group of mixed ancestry called the Coloureds. Namibia is one of Africa's richest countries in mineral deposits, including diamonds, uranium, silver, and gold. The nation has some good, paved, two-laned highways running between some of the larger cities. Modern medical facilities are found in Windhoek, the capital city, located in the central part of the country.