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The history of Namibia has passed through several distinct stages from being colonised in the late nineteenth century to Namibia's independence on 21 March 1990. From 1884, Namibia was a German colony: German South West Africa .
Flag Date Use Description 1990–present: Defence Force flag: Red, white and blue triangles with the force arms inside the white triangle 1990–present: Police flag: A blue standard with a red diagonal band radiating from the lower hoist-side corner, the national flag on the canton and the police force symbol on the corner 1990–present ...
Namibian flag. The flag of Namibia consists of a red bend edged in two white bands with a blue upper triangle charged with an 12-ray yellow sun and green lower triangle. The flag was adopted on 21 March 1990 upon independence from South Africa. During apartheid rule, it used the South African orange-white-blue tricolor.
Namibia (/ n ə ˈ m ɪ b i ə / ⓘ [17] [18]), officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country on the west coast of Southern Africa.Its borders include the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south; in the northeast, approximating a quadripoint, Zimbabwe lies less than 200 metres (660 feet) away along the Zambezi River ...
Namibia: 1884 1915 1928 1982 1990 Namibia: Nauru: 1888 1914 1942 1945 1968 Nauru: Nepal: 1768 1856 c. 1930: 1962 Nepal: Netherlands: 1581 / 1652 1795 1806 1810 1814 Netherlands: New Zealand: 1769 1834 1840 1867 1869 New Zealand: Nicaragua: 1524 1823 1825 1839 1858 1889 1893 1896 1908 1971 Nicaragua: Niger: 1922 1959 Niger: Nigeria: 1886 1900 ...
The earliest known printing of the tune was in the Utah Musical Bouquet, January 1878, and the earliest known version printed in Scotland is in The National Choir, 1891. [ 2 ] The lyrics commonly used now were written about 1950 by Scottish journalist Clifford Leonard Clark "Cliff" Hanley for singer Robert Wilson as part of an arrangement by ...
This is a timeline of History of Namibia. Each article deals with events in Namibia in a given year. Pre-1990. Pre-1990; Twentieth century. 1990s 1990 1991
History of Namibia by topic (7 C, 1 P) * Namibia history-related lists (13 P) D. Defunct organisations based in Namibia (2 C) E. Historical events in Namibia (10 C ...