Kavangoland

Kavangoland was a bantustan in South West Africa (present-day Namibia), intended by the apartheid government to be a self-governing homeland for the Kavango people. It was set up in 1970 and self-government was granted in 1973.

Kavangoland

1970–1989
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Map of the bantustan.
StatusBantustan
CapitalRundu
History 
 Established
1970
 Re-integrated into Namibia
May 1989
CurrencySouth African rand
Preceded by
Succeeded by
South West Africa
Namibia
Allocation of Land to bantustans according to the Odendaal Plan. Kavangoland is in the top center.

Kavangoland, like other homelands in South West Africa, was abolished in May 1989 at the start of the transition to independence.

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