Bushmanland (South West Africa)
Bushmanland (Afrikaans: Boesmanland) was a bantustan in South West Africa (present-day Namibia), intended by the apartheid government to be a self-governing homeland for the San people (the Bushmen). Despite this, a government was not established in the region.
Republic of Bushmanland Republiek van Boesmanland Republik Buschmannland | |||||||||
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1989–1989 | |||||||||
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Location of Bushmanland (green) within South West Africa (grey). | |||||||||
Map of the bantustan. | |||||||||
Status | Bantustan | ||||||||
Capital | Tsumkwe (Tjumǃkui) | ||||||||
Common languages | Khoisan English Afrikaans German | ||||||||
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• Self-government | 1989 | ||||||||
• Re-integrated into Namibia | May 1989 | ||||||||
Currency | South African rand | ||||||||
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Bushmanland, like other homelands in South West Africa, was abolished in May 1989 at the start of the transition to independence.
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