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Travel Guide, Lüderitz

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  • When to go: From January to March and from September to December.
  • Population: 20,000 inhabitants
  • Tourists per year: 70,000
  • Language(s): English 7% (official), Afrikaans common language of most of the population and about 60% of the white population, German 32%, indigenous languages 1% (includes Oshivambo, Herero, Nama)
  • Altitude (in meters): 5
  • Telephone code (prefix): 6331
  • Major exports: diamonds, copper, gold, zinc, lead, uranium; cattle, processed fish, karakul skins
  • Major imports: foodstuffs; petroleum products and fuel, machinery and equipment, chemicals

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