2016 in Namibia information

Events in the year 2016 in Namibia. President: Hage Geingob Vice President: Nickey Iyambo Prime Minister: Saara Kuugongelwa Deputy-Prime Minister: Netumbo...

White Namibians (German: Weiße Namibier or Europäische Namibier) are people of European descent settled in Namibia. The majority of White Namibians are...

Namibia (/nəˈmɪbiə/ , /næˈ-/), officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa. Its western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares...

sector. Although the majority of the population engages in subsistence agriculture and herding, Namibia has more than 200,000 skilled workers and a considerable...

transgender (LGBT) people in Namibia have expanded in recent years, although LGBT people still have limited legal protections. Namibia's colonial-era laws criminalising...

Grand Namibia 2016 was the second edition of the Miss Grand Namibia beauty pageant, held on July 9, 2016, at the National Theatre of Namibia in the country's...

The Namibia national football team represents Namibia in men's international football and is controlled by the Namibia Football Association. They have...

Namibia competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's seventh consecutive appearance...

contributor to Namibia's economy in terms of revenue. It accounts for 25% of the country's income. Its contribution to the gross domestic product (10.4% in 2009...

former Namibian cricketer who has played for Namibia in international cricket. Wiese became eligible to play international cricket for Namibia due to...

Namibia competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 September to 18 September 2016. Prior to the team leaving for Rio, they...

the Namibian Statistics Act #66 of 1976, and in accordance with United Nations recommendations, a census is conducted every ten years. After Namibian independence...

an amalgamation of political parties in Namibia, registered as one singular party for representation purposes. In coalition with the United Democratic...

Education in Namibia is compulsory for 10 years between the ages of 6 and 16. There are approximately 1900 schools in Namibia of which 100 are privately...

The history of Namibia has passed through several distinct stages from being colonised in the late nineteenth century to Namibia's independence on 21...

German: [ˈvɪnthʊk] ) is the capital and largest city of Namibia. It is located in central Namibia in the Khomas Highland plateau area, at around 1,700 m (5...

Mass media in Namibia includes radio, television, and online and print formats. Although Namibia's population is fairly small, the country has a diverse...

261 sq mi), Namibia is the world's thirty-fourth largest country. After Mongolia, Namibia is the second least densely populated country in the world (2...

The Namibia men's national cricket team, nicknamed the Eagles, is the men's team that represents the Republic of Namibia in international cricket. It...

President of Namibia Vice-President of Namibia Deputy-Prime Minister of Namibia Cabinet of Namibia "VP earns 15% more than PM". 3 March 2016. "The highest...

Religion in Namibia is dominated by various branches of Christianity, with more than 90 percent of Namibian citizens identifying themselves as Christian...

The Government of Namibia allows citizens of specific countries and territories to travel to Namibia for tourism, visiting friends and relatives as well...

The University of Namibia (UNAM) is a multi-campus public research university in Namibia, and the largest university in the country. It was established...

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...

Telecommunications in Namibia include radio, television, fixed and mobile telephones, and the Internet. Per 1,000 inhabitants, there were 50 TV sets and...

The Namibian Defence Force (NDF) comprises the national military forces of Namibia. It was created when the country, then known as South West Africa, gained...

(Ovaherero) and the Nama in German South West Africa (now Namibia) by the German Empire. It was the first genocide to begin in the 20th century, occurring...

The government of Namibia consists of the executive, the legislative and the judiciary branches. The Cabinet is the executive organ of government, implementing...

1941 – 4 February 2024) was a Namibian politician who served as the third president of Namibia from 2015 until his death in February 2024. Geingob was the...

German Namibians (German: Deutschnamibier) are a community of people descended from ethnic German colonists who settled in present-day Namibia. In 1883...