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The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Sites are places of importance to cultural or natural heritage as described in the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, established in 1972. [1] Namibia accepted the convention on April 6, 2000, making its historical sites eligible for inclusion on the ...
Tourism in Namibia is a major industry, contributing N$7.2 billion ( equal to US$ 390 million ) to the country's gross domestic product. Annually, over one million travelers visit Namibia , with roughly one in three coming from South Africa , then Germany and finally the United Kingdom , Italy and France .
4 See also. 5 External links. 6 References. ... This is a list of national parks in Namibia, operated by the Ministry of Environment and Tourism. National parks
With an overall area of 49,768 km 2 (19,216 sq mi), the Namib-Naukluft National Park was at the time of its last expansion the largest game park in Africa and the fourth largest in the world. [1] It consists of a strip of land on the Atlantic Ocean, including 1,609 kilometres (1,000 mi) of sea, that extends roughly 600 kilometres (370 mi) north ...
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As of 2015 Namibia has thirteen cities, each of them governed by a municipality council that has between 7 and 15 seats. Compared to towns, cities have the authority to set up facilities like public transport, housing schemes, museums, and libraries without the approval of the Minister of Urban and Rural Development.
Kolmanskop (Afrikaans for "Coleman's peak", German: Kolmannskuppe) is a ghost town in the Namib in southern Namibia, 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) inland from the port town of Lüderitz. It was named after a transport driver named Johnny Coleman who, during a sand storm, abandoned his ox wagon on a small incline opposite the settlement. [ 1 ]
Thomas De Wever/Getty Images. Located on the Gulf Coast, Anna Maria Island is a quiet, old Florida town with a laid-back atmosphere and stunning, private island-like beaches.