Previously called Southwest Africa, it was ruled by the same
governement as South Africa. It is now a young constitutional
democracy and the current president is Sam Nujoma. Digging up
news on Namibia reveals problems with crime and constitutional
violations, but this is to be expected in a young country trying
desparately to shrug of apartheid.  The capital city is
centrally located Windhoek (pronounced kind of like 'vinthock')
and it contains a very large percentage of the population.
Namibia's official language is Afrikaans, a post Beor war
variant of Dutch, although one can get by in the country with
only English or German (or Dutch, I'd assume, but I had little
contact with anyone who spoke Dutch).  Namibia has a remarkably
varied eco system, ranging from grassy savanah, to both sand and
gravel deserts, with a beautiful coastline on the west side
where the Atlantic Ocean is. Namibia is home to most of the
world's African Elephants, as a deficiency of some mineral in
the soil makes their tusks brittle and