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''Main article: [[History of Namibia]]''
The dry lands of Namibia, inhabited since the early times by [[Bushmen|San]], [[Damara]], [[Nama]] and since about the 14th century A.D. also by immigrating [[Bantu]], who came with the [[Bantu expansion]], were not extensively explored by [[Europe]]ans until the [[19th century]], when the land came under [[Germany|German]] control as [[South-West Africa]], with the exception of [[Walvis Bay]], which was under [[United Kingdom|British]] control. [[South Africa]] occupied the colony during [[World War I]] and administered it as a [[League of Nations]] [[mandate territory]] until after [[World War II]] when it unilaterally annexed the territory.
In [[1966]] the [[Marxism|Marxist]] [[South-West Africa People's Organisation]] (SWAPO) [[guerrilla]] group launched a war of independence for the area that was soon named ''Namibia'', but it was not until [[1988]] that South Africa agreed to end its administration in accordance with a [[United Nations]] peace plan for the entire region. Independence came in [[1990]], while Walvis Bay was ceded to Namibia in [[1994]].
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''Main article: [[Demographics of Namibia]]''
The majority of the Namibian population is black, mostly of the [[Ovambo]] tribe, which forms about half of the population. There are larger groups of [[Nama_language|Nama]] and [[
While the official language is [[English language|English]], most of the white population speaks either [[Afrikaans]] or [[German language|German]]. The home language of most of the population is Ovambo or one of several other indigenous languages. [[Christianity]] is the major religion, with the [[Lutheran Church]] being the largest.
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