Tswanaland

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Tswanaland
Capital no
size 1554 km²
Residents 9992 (1960)
Form of government Homeland
Chairman of the Executive Council 1980–1989: Constance Letang Kgosiemang
founding 1968
resolution May 1989 (before Namibia's independence )
currency South African rand
license plate SWA
LocationBantoustanTswanaland.PNG
Location of the former homeland Tswanaland
Map of the extended Tswanaland

Tswanaland was a homeland in South West Africa (now Namibia ), which was given a certain autonomy status during the apartheid period . There was no official capital; The administrative seat was Aminuis .

Even today (as of March 2020) mainly Tswana still live in the area of ​​the former homeland .

Like the other homelands in South West Africa , Tswanaland was dissolved in 1989, shortly before Namibia's independence.

Aroams Oos in Tswanaland (2017) World icon

expansion

In 1960, around 10,000 people lived in an area of ​​1554 square kilometers . The area is on the border with Botswana . This original area had a north-south extension of 95.5 km and an east-west extension of about 16.3 km. Aminuis was outside this relatively narrow strip of land. The Odendaal Plan also envisaged an extension of the Tswanaland to the west. With the non-white reserve listed in the plan, the area covers an area of ​​around 7200 square kilometers and includes Aminuis.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c South-West Africa, Proposed Homelands. in: The Bantustan Proposals for South-West Africa, p. 179. ( Memento from June 26, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ^ Map , In: The Bantustan Proposals p. 179. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
  3. ^ Map , In: The Bantustan Proposals p. 183. Retrieved March 13, 2019.

Coordinates: 19 ° 35 ′  S , 20 ° 31 ′  E