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 | |||||||||
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1970–1989 | |||||||||
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Map of the bantustan. | |||||||||
Status | Bantustan | ||||||||
Capital | Rundu | ||||||||
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• Established | 1970 | ||||||||
• Re-integrated into Namibia | May 1989 | ||||||||
Currency | South African rand | ||||||||
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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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