Telephones - main lines in use: 110,200 (2000), 100,848 (1997)
Telephones - mobile cellular: 82,000 (2000 est.), 20,000 (1998)
Telephone system: general assessment good system; about 6 telephones for each 100 persons domestic: good urban services; fair rural service; microwave radio relay links major towns; connections to other populated places are by open wire; 100% digital international:fiber-optic cable to South Africa, microwave radio relay link to Botswana, direct links to other neighboring countries; connected to Africa ONE and South African Far East (SAFE) submarine cables through South Africa; satellite earth stations - 4 Intelsat (2002)
Radiobroadcast stations: AM 2, FM 39, shortwave 4 (2001), AM 2, FM 34, shortwave 5 (1998)
Radios: 232,000 (1997)
Television broadcast stations: 8 (plus about 20 low-power repeaters) (1997)
Namibia is the fourth-largest exporter of nonfuel minerals in Africa, the world's fifth-largest producer of uranium, and the producer of large quantities of lead, zinc, tin, silver, and tungsten.
In 1993, Namibia became a GATT signatory, and the Minister of Trade and Industry represented Namibia at the Marrakech signing of the Uruguay Round Agreement in April 1994.
Subsistence farming is confined to the "communal lands" of the country's populous north, where roaming cattle herds are prevalent and the main crops are millet, sorghum, and peanuts.
Namibia's average GDP per capita is relatively high among developing countries but obscures one of the most unequal income distributions on the African continent.
Subsistence farming is confined to the "communal lands" of the country's populous north, where roaming cattle herds are prevalent and the main crops are mahango (millet), sorghum, corn, and peanuts.
Namibia's warm relations with Zambia and Angola, and other fl- ruled neighboring countries, are the result of those countries' support of SWAPO during its 23-year war with South Africa.
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