Area 824,292 sq km (318,259 sq mi)
Poplation 1,927,000
Capital city Windhoek (147,000)
Government Multiparty republic
Ethnicity Groups: Ovambo 50%, Kavango 9%, Herero 7%, Damara 7%, White 6%, Nama 5%
Language English (official), Afrikaans, German, Indigenoes dialects
Religions Christisnity 90%, (Lutheran 51%)
Currency Namibian dollar = 100 cents

The Republic of Namibia was for merly ruled by South Africa, which called it South West Africa.

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