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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 .
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
Namibia (/ n ə ˈ m ɪ b i ə / ⓘ [18] [19]), 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 ...
Nation-building is a long evolutionary process, and in most cases the date of a country's "formation" cannot be objectively determined; e.g., the fact that England and France were sovereign kingdoms on equal footing in the medieval period does not prejudice the fact that England is not now a sovereign state (having passed sovereignty to Great ...
National Art Gallery of Namibia established. 2001 - Population: 233,529. [22] 2002 - Heroes' Acre (Namibia) memorial unveiled near city. 2005 Renaming of Windhoek (as "Otjomuise") proposed. [17] Sam Nujoma Stadium opens. 2006 - City police department established. [23] 2007 Namibian Sun newspaper begins publication. Windhoek Gymnasium Private ...
Namibia uses regions as its first-level subnational administrative divisions. Since 2013, it has 14 regions which in turn are subdivided into 121 constituencies . Upon Namibian independence , the pre-existing subdivisions from the South African administration were taken over.
Years in Namibia (7 C, 3 P) G. German South West Africa (10 C, 27 P) History of German South West Africa (2 C) S. South West Africa (9 C, 13 P)
Namibia history-related lists (13 P) D. Defunct organisations based in Namibia (2 C) E. Historical events in Namibia (10 C, 10 P) H. Historic sites in Namibia (5 C)