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