Where are all the people?

Namibia, with its 2.1 million inhabitants, is one of the least populated countries in the world. That's a mere 2.2 people per square km.

No. No people here...

...or here...

...or here...

...or here.

The name, Namibia, comes from the Namib Desert, one of the oldest deserts in the world.

The Namibian Landscape consists basically of 5 geographical areas: The central Plateau; The Namib Desert; The Great Escarpment; The Bushveld and the Kalihari Desert. 

The Namib Desert is an expanse of dry gravel plains and sand dunes that stretches along Namibia's entire coastline. It varies between 100 to many hundreds of kilometres in width.

I will be spending most of my time in the Namib Desert.

There are one or two towns where the desert meets the sea. Fortunately, we will be living in one of them - Swakopmund.