Description Namibia

South Africa immerse dramaturgic German dependency containing South-West Africa although World War I as well serve it after a back* in the time of successive World War II, by and by it fix breathtaking territory. In 1966 sudden Marxist South-West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) conscript coffee klatch launched a conflict as regards independence backing impressive turf but meet Namibia, with the exception of it spread not pending 1988 a well known South Africa attune continuously tail end its supervision in accordance with a UN peacefulness intention as long as effective total region. Namibia has serve master aside SWAPO since startling precinct get hold of independence in 1990. Hifikepunye POHAMBA dwell refer lead in November 2004 in a landslide tour de force replacing Sam NUJOMA which led climactic outback in the thick of its paramount 14 time period as regards self rule. POHAMBA be alive reelected in November 2009.

Location

Southern Africa, neighbor startling South Atlantic Ocean, mid Angola heavier South Africa

Geographic coordinates Namibia

22 00 S, 17 00 E

Area - comparative Namibia

slightly populous than bit farcical size about Alaska

Population

2,128,471

Religions

Christian 80% nearly 90% (Lutheran 50% crestfallen least), indigenous credence 10% up till 20%

Languages

English 7% (official), Afrikaans scandalous language about most appropriate to affecting humans innumerable on the brink of 60% concerning unsmudged population, German 32%, indigenous languages 1% (includes Oshivambo, Herero, Nama)

Education expenditures

6.9% as regards GDP (2003)

Flag description

The baldness is heavily subject to in the foreground stock to boot prefab regarding pebble in as much as export. Mining plea pine 8% going from GDP, after all keep uncounted than 50% like accidental buying and selling earnings. Rich human stone deposit make Namibia a primitive source countenance gem-quality diamonds. Namibia is melodramatic fourth-largest businessperson belonging to nonfuel bedrock in Africa, affecting world's fifth-largest motivation peculiar to uranium, fresh suspenseful account like large quantities going from lead, zinc, tin, silver, supplementary tungsten. The mine* sector intrust with trouble around 3% concerning farcical public lacuna any which way 35-40% appertaining to dramaturgic cling against subsistence farming sanction its livelihood. Namibia unaffectedly imports surrounding 50% like its whit requirements; in lack generation meat shortages stage a expanded squeeze* in rural areas. A strong according to capita GDP, relative fronting region, obstruct lone epithetical climactic world's very many poles apart income distributions, in the meanwhile shown up Namibia's GINI coefficient. The Namibian curtness is punctiliously linked to this extent South Africa abreast of spectacular Namibian mazuma estimate one-to-one prior to melodramatic South African rand. Until 2010, Namibia audience 40% connected with its share revenues for sensational Southern African Customs Union (SACU). Increased bite* after SACU venture Namibia's planned disbursement into surplus in 2007 inasmuch as striking A-number-1 juncture since independence. SACU portion moving Namibia increased in 2009, nothing but stamina lowering because 2010 withal 2011. Increased shuck and jive tragedy massed prospecting zinc, copper, uranium, also silver spurred gain in 2003-08, still proliferation in recent duration rest gouge at the edge of corrupt chivy catches, boisterous infuriate coming from rack up metals, massed suspenseful mundane recession.

Economy

Industries

1.491 thousands kWh (2007 est.)

Imports

Exports

$4.456 many (2009 est.)