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  1. Date of Independence: March 21, 1990 (from a South African mandate)
  2. Date of Current Constitution: March 12, 1990
  3. Population: 1,648,270 (1999 est.)
  4. Area: 318,580 sq. mi.
  5. Capital: Windhoek
  6. Form of Government: republic
  7. Natural Resources: diamonds, copper, uranium, gold, lead, tin, lithium, cadmium, zinc, salt, vanadium, natural gas, fish
  8. Main Industries: meatpacking, fish processing, dairy products, mining (diamond, lead, zinc, tin, silver, tungsten, uranium, copper), fishing
  9. Agriculture: millet (grain), sorghum (grain), peanuts, livestock
  10. Currency: South African rand
  11. GDP: $6.6 billion (1998 est.)
  12. GDP per Capita: $4,100 (1998 est.)
  13. Languages: English (official), Afrikaans, German, Oshivambo, Herero, Nama
  14. Religions: Christianity (Lutheranism, other Protestant denominations), traditional African belief systems
  15. Literacy Rate: 38%
  16. Life Expectancy:    42 years (male)
  17.                 41 years (female)
  18. Birthrate: 36 births per 1,000 population
  19. Death Rate: 20 deaths per 1,000 population