Sr U’s Worldwide Travel - NAMIBIA Imperial protectorate in 1884 and remained a German colony until the end of World War I. However, the port of Walvis Bay and the offshore Penguin Islands had been annexed by the Cape Colony under the British crown by 1878 and had become an integral part of the new Union of South Africa at its creation in In 1920, the League of Nations mandated the country to South Africa, which imposed its laws and, from 1948, its apartheid policy. Uprisings and demands by African leaders led the UN to assume direct responsibility over the territory. It recognized the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) as the official representative of the Namibian people in Namibia, however, remained under South African administration during this time as South-West Africa. Following internal violence, South Africa installed an interim administration in Namibia in Namibia gained full independence from South Africa on 21 March 1990, following the Namibian War of Independence, with the exception of Walvis Bay and the Penguin Islands, which remained under South African control until Namibia has a population of 2.1 million people and a stable multi- party parliamentary democracy. Agriculture, herding, tourism and the mining industry – including mining for gem diamonds, uranium, gold, silver, and base metals – form the basis of Namibia's economy. It is one of the few places in the world where diamonds are mined offshore at the bottom of the sea. Given the presence of the arid Namib Desert (considered to be the oldest desert in the world), it is one of the least densely populated countries in the world. Namibia enjoys high political, economic and social stability. Its capital and largest city is Windhoek. From Wikipedia NAMIBIA: The dry lands of Namibia were inhabited since early times by tribes of San, Damara, and Namaqua, and since about the 14th century AD by immigrating Bantu who came with the Bantu Expansion. Most of the territory became a German Presentation by Rocky Romero,

Sr U’s Worldwide Travel - NAMIBIA 2 CountryNamibiaAngolaZambiaZimbabweBotswanaSouth AfricaUSA Flag Country Motto:"Unity, liberty, justice" "Angola Avante" (Forward Angola) "One Zambia One Nation""Unity, Freedom, Work""Rain""Unity in Diversity""In God We Trust" Independence:Germany 1990Portugal 1975UK 1964UK 1980UK 1966UK 1961UK 1776 Government:Republic Parlmt/Dem (Corrupt)Parlmt/RepublicRepublicFederal Republic Area Sq Miles:318,261481,353290,587150,872224,607470,6933,794,099 Size Relative to TX1.2 x1.8 x1.1 x0.6 x0.8 x1.8 x14.1 x Arable Land1.0%3.3%4.5%10.4%0.5%9.9%16.3% Population:2,198,40619,088,10614,638,50513,771,7212,155,78448,375,645318,892,103 People per sq mi: Pop Growth:0.7%2.8%2.9%4.4%1.3%-0.5%0.8% Median Age: Life Expectancy: Adult HIV:13.0%2.3%12.7%14.7%23.0%17.9%0.6% Religious Makeup: 80-90% Christian 10-20% Tribal Beliefs 53% Christian 47% Tribal Beliefs 95% Christian 3% Muslim 50% Syncretic 25% Christian 71% Christian 6% Badimo Tribal 80% Christian 1.5% Muslim 75% Christian 3.5% Jew+Mormon 0.6% Muslim Ethnicity Makeup: 50% Ovambo Tribe 38% Other African 6% European 37% Ovimbundu Tribe 60% Other African 1% European 86% African Tribal 14% Other 98% African Tribal <1% European 79% Tswana Tribe 11% Kalanga Tribe 7% European 79% African Tribal 9% European 9% Mixed 13% Black 15% Hispanic 65% European Official Language(s) English (3.4%) (Oshiwambo 49%) Portuguese English (1.7%) (16 Tribal-86%) English English (2%) (78% Setswana) 11 Official Languages (IsiZulu 23% English 10%) NO Official Language (English 82%, Spanish 11%) Literacy age 15+:89%70%61%84%85%93%99% Avg School Yrs: GDP Growth:4.4%5.6%6.0%3.2%3.9%2.0%1.6% Per Capita GDP:$8,200$6,300$1,800$600$16,400$11,500$52,800 Unemployment:27%NA14%95%18%25%7% % Below Poverty:29%41%61%68%30%31%15% Inflation Rate:6%9%7%9%6% 2% External Debt, $Billion$4$23$6$8$2$139$15,800 Debt as % of GDP:27%15%32%202%18%45%72% Industries: meatpacking, fish processing; mining (diamonds, lead, zinc, tin, silver, tungsten, uranium, copper) petroleum; diamonds, iron ore, phosphates, feldspar, bauxite, uranium, and gold; cement; basic metal products; ship repair copper mining and processing, emerald mining, construction, foodstuffs, beverages, chemicals, textiles, fertilizer, horticulture mining (coal, gold, platinum, copper, nickel, tin, diamonds, clay, numerous metallic and nonmetallic ores), steel; cement, chemicals, fertilizer diamonds, copper, nickel, salt, soda ash, potash, coal, iron ore, silver; livestock processing; textiles mining (world's largest producer of platinum, gold, chromium), automobile assembly, metalworking, machinery, textiles, iron and steel, chemicals highly diversified, world leading, high-technology innovator, petroleum, steel, motor vehicles, aerospace, telecommunications, chemicals, electronics, consumer goods, lumber, mining Natural Resouces: diamonds, copper, uranium, gold, silver, lead, tin, lithium, cadmium, tungsten, zinc, salt, hydropower, fish petroleum, diamonds, iron ore, phosphates, copper, feldspar, gold, bauxite, uranium copper, cobalt, zinc, lead, coal, emeralds, gold, silver, uranium, hydropower coal, chromium ore, asbestos, gold, nickel, copper, iron ore, vanadium, lithium, tin, platinum group metals diamonds, copper, nickel, salt, soda ash, potash, coal, iron ore, silver gold, chromium, antimony, coal, iron ore, rare earth elements, uranium, gem diamonds, platinum, copper, salt, natural gas coal, copper, lead, molybdenum, phosphates, rare earth elements, uranium, gold, iron, potash, silver, zinc, petroleum, timber Data from CIA Factbook