On Wednesday U.S. President Donald Trump awkwardly praised on a non-existent country’s health care system twice as he addressed African leaders during his speech at the United Nations
In New York earlier this week, President Donald Trump erroneously referred to the southern African nation of Namibia as ‘Nambia’, a country that doesn’t exist, twice in a speech to African leaders. In fact, the Namibian leader, Hage Geingob was in the room when he made the gaffe, along with heads of state from Ghana, South Africa, Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, Guinea, Senegal and Uganda…
As a result, here are 10 interesting facts about Namibia, so that you may never do the same!
1. The name Namibia comes from the Nama word meaning ‘vast place of nothingness’
2. It is an appropriate name as Namibia is the second least densely populated country in the world, after Mongolia
3. Namibia has the highest sand dunes in the world. At a whopping 325m, the Big Daddy dune in Sossusvlei is a smidge taller than The Shard in London
4. The country is home to the oldest, driest desert in the world (the Namib Desert)
5. You’ll also find the largest free-roaming population of black rhino and desert elephant, as well as 25% of the world’s cheetah in Namibia
6. Etosha, Africa’s oldest national park, is the country’s number-one tourist destination
7. Namibia is the first African country to incorporate environmental protection into our constitution and more than 40 percent of our country is under conservation management
8. Once German colony, every year The Windhoek Oktoberfest reveals a special festival beer created by Namibian Breweries in preparation for an average of 10,500 litres of beer to be drunk in the sun at the festival
9. On average, visitors can bask in 300 days of sunshine each year
10. The safest country in Africa to work in as a journalist. It remains number one in Africa in press freedom and ranks 24th out of 180 countries globally according to the World Press Freedom ranking
For more information about Namibia visit, www.namibiatourism.com.na
