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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