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LOCATION:
Southern Africa. Its western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Zambia and Angola to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and east.
CAPITAL AND LARGEST CITY:
Windhoek
OFFICIAL LANGUAGES:
English
RECOGNISED REGIONAL LANGUAGES:
Afrikaans, German, Rukwangali, Silozi, Setswana, Damara/Nama, Herero, Oshiwambo
ETHNIC GROUPS:
Ovambo : 49.5%, Kavango: 9.2%, coloured (including basters): 8%, Herero: 7%, Damara: 7%, Namibian whites: 7.0%, Nama: 4.7%, lozi (Caprivian): 3.5%, San: 3%, Tswana: 0.6%, others: 0.5%
DEMONYM:
Namibian
GOVERNMENT:
Unitary presidential constitutional republic
LEGISLATURE:
Parliament
INDEPENDENCE FROM SOUTH AFRICA:
Constitution: 9 February 1990
Independence: 21 March 1990
AREA:
Total 825,615 km2
POPULATION:
2011 census 2,113,077
GDP (PPP):
2014 estimate Total: $18.800 billion; Per capita: $8,577
GDP (nominal):
2014 estimate Total: $13.064 billion; Per capita: $5,961
CURRENCY:
Namibian dollar (NAD)
TIME ZONE:
WAT (UTC+1)
CALLING CODE:
+264
INTERNET TLD:
.na
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