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5 Economy

Main article: Economy of Namibia

The economy is heavily dependent on the extraction and processing of minerals for export. Mining accounts for 20% of GDP. Namibia is the fourth-largest exporter of non-fuel minerals in Africa and the world's fifth-largest producer of uranium. Rich alluvial diamond deposits make Namibia a primary source for gem-quality diamonds. Namibia also produces large quantities of lead, zinc, tin, silver, and tungsten.

About half of the population depends on agriculture (largely subsistence agriculture) for its livelihood. Namibia must import some of its food. Although per capita GDP is five times the per capita GDP of Africa's poorest countries, the majority of Namibia's people live in pronounced poverty because of large-scale unemployment, the great inequality of income distribution, and the large amount of wealth going to foreigners. The Namibian economy has close links to South Africa. Agreement has been reached on the privatisation of several more enterprises in coming years, which should stimulate long-run foreign investment.

6 Demographics

Main article: Demographics of Namibia

The majority of the Namibian population is black, mostly of the Ovambo tribe, which forms about half of the population. There are larger groups of Nama and San , which differ in appearance a lot from what one is used to regard as "black". There is also a larger group of people with mixed origin e.g. the Baster. Whites make up about 6% of the population--one of the largest proportions in sub-Saharan Africa. Most whites are of South African descent. A small portion is of German descent. (20,000)

While the official language is English, most of the white population speaks either Afrikaans or German. The home language of most of the population is Ovambo or one of several other indigenous languages. Christianity is the major religion, with the Lutheran Church being the largest.

See also: Music of Namibia

7 Miscellaneous topics

• Communications in Namibia
• Transportation in Namibia
• Military of Namibia
• Constituencies of Namibia
• Regions of Namibia
• Foreign relations of Namibia
• List of Namibians
• List of cities in Namibia
• Frankie Fredericks
• Reporters without borders Worldwide Press Freedom Index 2003: Rank 56 out of 166 countries (3-way tie) (31 out of 139 countries - 2002)

8 External links

• Republic of Namibia - Namibian governmental portal
• Wikitravel:Namibia - Article on Namibia at Wikitravel

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