Rehoboth (Homeland)

Rehoboth Basterland
Capital	Rehoboth
size	13,860 km²
Residents	11,257 (1960)
Form of government	Homeland
Chairman of the Executive Council	1979–1989: Johannes Diergaardt
founding	1976
resolution	May 1989 (before Namibia's independence )
currency	South African rand
license plate	SWA
Location of the former homeland Rehoboth

Map of the Basterland

Rehoboth (also Basterland ) is a historic area in South West Africa (today's Namibia ) and home of the Rehoboth Baster people . The term comes from the German colonial times and the time of the South African occupation . From 1976 to 1990 the Basterland was a homeland based on the South African model. The area had about 21,439 inhabitants in 1991 and was 13,860 square kilometers in size. The main town was Rehoboth .

Basterland is located in what is now the Namibian regions of Hardap and Khomas . It is traditionally run by Kapteins who are no longer officially recognized as the only traditional guides in Namibia .

Situation since 1990

→ Main article : Rehoboth area

On March 20, 1990, one day before Namibia's declaration of independence, the Rehoboth area declared itself independent.

You see an area of ​​14,216 square kilometers in the borders of 1872 with about 35,000 inhabitants (as of 2017), who are made up of 92% Rehoboth Baster and 8% Namibians, as their country.

literature

• James Minahan : Encyclopedia of the stateless nations: ethnic and national groups around the world Westport , Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2002., ISBN 0313323844 .

Web links

• Official site of the Baster area (English)
• Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization, Rehoboth Basters (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} The Rehoboth Basters' declaration of independence of March 20, 1990. Rehoboth Basters. Retrieved August 30, 2017.
2. ↑ James Minahan: Encyclopedia of the stateless nations: ethnic and national groups around , pp. 290ff.