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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 / ⓘ, / n æ ˈ-/), [16] [17] officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa.Its western border is the Atlantic Ocean.It shares land borders with Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the east and south.
In the so-called five-phase calendar, the year consists of 10 months and a transition, each month being 36 days long, and the transitions 5 or 6 days. During the Warring States period (~475–220 BC), the primitive lunisolar calendars were established under the Zhou Dynasty, known as the six ancient calendars ( simplified Chinese : 古六历 ...
Pages in category "Historical events in Namibia" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
National Art Gallery of Namibia and Embassy of Germany established. 1991 - Population: 147,056. [19] 1992 University of Namibia established. New Era newspaper begins publication. Media Institute of Southern Africa headquartered in Windhoek. [20] 1994 Polytechnic of Namibia founded. National Library of Namibia headquartered in Windhoek. 1995
Namibia history-related lists (13 P) D. Defunct organisations based in Namibia (2 C) E. Historical events in Namibia (8 C, 10 P) H. Historic sites in Namibia ...
Date English Name Comment 1 January New Year's Day: 21 March Independence Day: variable Good Friday: 2 days before Easter Sunday: variable Easter Monday: 1 day after Easter Sunday: 1 May Workers' Day: 4 May Cassinga Day: variable Ascension Day: 39 days after Easter Sunday: 25 May Africa Day: 28 May Genocide Remembrance Day: 26 August Heroes ...