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| Official language | Nàmá |
| Capital | Ai-Gams |
| Largest Cities | Ai-Gams: 230,000 Walvis Bay: 65,000 Swakopmund: 35,000 |
| Population | 2,031,000 |
| HDI | 0.694 |
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| Currency | Namibian Dollar (NMD) |
| Our Timeline Equivalent | Namibia, most of Angola, western Botswana |
The nation of Namibia is in southern Africa, just north of Good Hope. The vast majority of the population are either hunter-gatherers or subsistence herders or farmers. Except for some areas near the borders, some Bantu enclaves, and the coast (like Walvis Bay and the Dutch-influenced city of Swakopmund), nearly the entire country is composed of Khoisan ethnic groups. Namibia has the highest percentage of Khoisan people (92%) of any nation (though Zambezia (89% Khoisan) has the greatest number).
Demographics[]
Vegetarianism[]
- 92% Non-Vegetarian
- 08% Vegetarian
Ethnic Groups[]
Khoisan groups make up the vast majority of the population, and most of them live in rural areas, either farming, herding, or hunting and gathering. Ai-Gams is the largest city and is majority Khoisan, but there are important groups of Europeans (particularly in the Windhoek district) and Bantu peoples. The beach resort of Swakopmund 82% Dutch (OTL German), and is gaining popularity with the European traveller crowd.
- 92% Khoisan
- 03% Bantu groups (the Ovambo group being the largest)
- 04% Europeans (mostly Dutch and Afrikaaners)
- 01% Pygmy groups
Languages[]
- 90% Khoisan languages
- 56% Nama
- 34% other Khoisan languages
- 03% Afrikaans
- 03% Dutch (OTL German)
- 03% Bantu languages
- 01% others (English, etc)
Religions[]
- 76% Indigenous beliefs
- 14% Non-religious
- 06% Christian
- 03% Cathar
- 01% others