Witvlei

Witvlei

Understand History Capital Windhoek Currency Namibian dollar (NAD)rand (ZAR) Population 2.5 million (2017) Electricity 220 volt / 50 hertz (AC power plugs and sockets: British and related types, BS 546) Country code +264 Time zone UTC+02:00, Africa/Windhoek Emergencies 112, +264-10111 (police) Driving side left edit on Wikidata Namibia was inhabited by San people until about 1,000 years ago. If you have the rare opportunity to talk to a San (most do not speak English), do not call them Bushmen, that's considered derogatory. Due to the Bantu migration, Ovambo people and Ovaherero people moved into northern and central Namibia. In the South the Damara people established themselves; it is unclear where they came from. About 200 years ago the Oorlam people moved in from the South. Then the Oorlam and the Herero clashed. German colonial architecture in Swakopmund Namibia was colonized by Germany in the late 19th century. Colonial control was established by private interests before the German Reich itself got involved as Bismarck was rather skeptical of colonial endeavors. German business and colonial interests, among…

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