Colonized by eight countries, it is now an upstart in Africa, but the national life expectancy has been reduced by 10 years due to AIDS, and children prefer to herd sheep rather than study. Today let the ball brother take you to understand the country of Namibia.
The Republic of Namibia is located in southwest Africa, bordering the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Angola and Zambia to the north and northeast, and Botswana and South Africa to the east and south respectively, Namibia has a total area of 824269 million square kilometers, but the population is only 2.6 million, making it one of the least crowded countries in the world. Namibia's original name was "Southwest Africa", which is the same logic as the name of South Africa, and the name follows the geographical location, which is indeed simple and rude.
The reason why it was renamed Namibia is because of its domestic desert - Namib, this desert is 55 million years old, is the oldest desert on the earth, and indeed qualifies to become a symbol of the country, after all, the famous Sahara Desert is only 2.5 million years old. Interestingly, in the impression of many people, the desert should honestly stay in the depths of the continent, and all kinds of water insulation, the Namib Desert is not like this, it is close to the Atlantic Ocean, the two together staged a half-sand and half-sea spectacle.
Namibia is also excellent, how can you miss the excellent marketing opportunity? As early as 2011, Naguo built a large park around the desert beach, called Namib-Skull Coastal National Park, and in the blink of an eye, the park has become the largest nature reserve in Africa. In more than 40 countries south of the Saharan Empire, only Mauritius, South Africa and the Seychelles can suppress it, and in addition to the high-potential tourism industry, Namibia has three pillar industries.
Namibia has a total of four pillar industries, tourism can only rank fourth, in front of tourism is agriculture and animal husbandry. Namibia is a master of cattle and sheep, in the sale of livestock products, more than 20 countries around the world are its loyal customers, especially the local purple lamb skin, by European buyers crazy planting grass, but under the epidemic, the sheepskin business is not easy to do, the country's more than 30,000 furs sold only one-tenth. Bordered by the Atlantic Ocean, Namibians can not only graze their cattle and farm their fields, but also go to the sea to catch fish, and fishing is also one of the most popular industries in the region. Beginning in 2014, the Namibian authorities allowed foreigners to own Namibian fishing rights, and Europeans were ecstatic that they could grab the land this time, and as a result, most of the fishing companies in Namibia were owned by Spaniards.
History is more cruel than reality, Namibia is the latest independent country in Africa, since the advent of the 15th century era of great navigation, Namibia has been colonized by 8 countries, such as the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Britain, Germany, etc., until now, the industry of Namibia is still subject to people, it is inevitable to make people sigh. The last thing to say is the mining industry, which is the lifeblood of Namibia, Na Guo is also a diamond kingdom, can produce more than 1 million carats of diamonds per year, although the diamond oil and water is very large, but Na Guo can only rub a little hard fee, the big head or Western diamond companies, who called them only to dig the original diamond, and do not understand the processing technology? Moreover, even if you want to understand, the diamond tycoon will not let you understand, this is a monopoly industry. Then again, because the geological layer is too old, Namibia's soil is buried with treasures, there is a thing called uranium, which is the material of the nuclear bomb, 5% of the world's uranium is in the land of Namibia, so everyone also calls it "strategic metal reserve", although there are several pillar industries, but Namibia is not as developed as everyone thinks.
In 2021, Namibia's total GDP is only 12.3 billion US dollars, but the per capita level is relatively high, its per capita GDP reached 4842 US dollars, ranking 7th in Africa, but the actual life of the domestic people, there is no data to show such a beautiful, in a word, the poor and the poor die, the rich die. Namibia has 500,000 wealthy people, accounting for one-fifth of the entire population, while their income accounts for 78.7% of the total social income, one-third of the country's people live on only a few dollars a day, and the local unemployment rate is as high as 51.2%, which is simply ridiculously high. Many people often have insufficient food, who if they have some income, they will use it to buy food to eat, entertainment consumption is certainly not there, let alone medical treatment and school.
When Namibia first became independent, the average life expectancy was still 60 years old, because aids spread too fiercely, and now it has dropped to 47 years old, the economy is developing, and the life expectancy is declining. In terms of education, although primary schools do not charge tuition, but children do not love to read, in their cognition, reading can not earn money, it is not as good as sheep herding and running, sheep herding is easy to understand, running to explain it well. Sports enthusiasts must know that some black people are very good at running and jumping, whether it is a 100-meter sprint or a marathon, often can see the figure of African Athletes, tell you a cold knowledge, Namibia has also won four Olympic silver medals, relying on athletics competitions, athletes after taking medals and then returning to China, directly on the peak of life, no wonder children take them as an example.