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NAMIBIA

NAMIBIA ( 1 ) BASIC FACTS Independence: 21 March 1990, former German colony administered by South Africa from 191 5-1989. Joint South African and United Nations Administration 1989-1990 Leader: Sam Nujoma, b 1929, president since 1990, re-elected December 1994 Capital: Windhoek (main international airport) Other major city: Walvis Bay (main seaport, international airport) Area: 824 268 kmz Population: 1,850 mn (1995-2000) Population growth: 2,8% Urbanization: 43% (1995-2000) Languages: English (official), Afrikaans, German, Khoekhoe (Nama), Herero and Ovambo, Kavango and Caprivian languages HDl rank: 118 (1997) Life expectancy at birth: 56 years (1 994) Adult literacy rate: 40% (1995) Gross enrolment ratio (all educational levels): primary 100 %, secondary 41 %, tertiary 3 % (1992) GNP: $3 098 mn GNPlcapita: $2 000 (1995) GDP (average annualgrowth rate): 3,8% (1990-95) Foreign debt: $380 mn (1995); as % of GNP: 12% Development aid: $172 mn (1995); as % of GNP: 6,4% Comments: A sparsely populated, semi-arid to arid country with about 70% of the population dependent on agriculture. Only 1 % of the land is arable, most of it is located in the northern border regions where there is a potential for irrigation and where most of the people are concentrated. Large http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Human Rights Law in Africa Online Brill

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Brill
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Copyright © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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1385-3716
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2211-6060
DOI
10.1163/221160698X00564
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Abstract

( 1 ) BASIC FACTS Independence: 21 March 1990, former German colony administered by South Africa from 191 5-1989. Joint South African and United Nations Administration 1989-1990 Leader: Sam Nujoma, b 1929, president since 1990, re-elected December 1994 Capital: Windhoek (main international airport) Other major city: Walvis Bay (main seaport, international airport) Area: 824 268 kmz Population: 1,850 mn (1995-2000) Population growth: 2,8% Urbanization: 43% (1995-2000) Languages: English (official), Afrikaans, German, Khoekhoe (Nama), Herero and Ovambo, Kavango and Caprivian languages HDl rank: 118 (1997) Life expectancy at birth: 56 years (1 994) Adult literacy rate: 40% (1995) Gross enrolment ratio (all educational levels): primary 100 %, secondary 41 %, tertiary 3 % (1992) GNP: $3 098 mn GNPlcapita: $2 000 (1995) GDP (average annualgrowth rate): 3,8% (1990-95) Foreign debt: $380 mn (1995); as % of GNP: 12% Development aid: $172 mn (1995); as % of GNP: 6,4% Comments: A sparsely populated, semi-arid to arid country with about 70% of the population dependent on agriculture. Only 1 % of the land is arable, most of it is located in the northern border regions where there is a potential for irrigation and where most of the people are concentrated. Large

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Human Rights Law in Africa Online Brill

Published: Jan 1, 1998

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