The animals are believed to have all died in the last week in the remote Bwabwata National Park, in the country's north-east. One ministry official said Namibia had never seen anything like this before.
Anthrax is a deadly bacterial disease which is known to kill game, cattle, and sometimes humans.
Pictures from the area show dozens of dead hippos - some on their backs - lying in rivers with low water levels.
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