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Overview - Namibia 
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- Capital:
- Windhoek
- Area:
- 825,418 km²
- Population:
- 2,044,147 (2006 estimate)
- Language(s):
- Afrikaans - 60%, English - 7% (official), German - 32%, indigenous languages (Ndonga, Herero, Nama) - 1%.
- Religion(s):
- Christian - 80-90% (Lutheran 50%), indigenous beliefs - 10-20%.
- Ethnic Group(s):
- Black - 87.5% (Ovambo - 50%, Kavango -9%, Herero - 7%, Damara - 7%, Nama - 5%, Caprivian - 4%, Bushmen - 3%, Subia - 2%, Tswana - 0.5%) White - 6%, mixed - 6.5%.
