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Map of South West Africa (Namibia) Identification badge of a Foreign Observer issued during the 1989 election – (Chesley V. Morton of the Georgia House of Representatives) In the period, four UN Commissioners for Namibia were appointed. South Africa refused to recognize any of these United Nations appointees.
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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 ...
The government paid some compensation to the owners of land taken over under both the 1972 and 1975 laws. In early 1988, the state-owned plantations were managed by one of two types of entities, the Janatha Estates Development Board, or the Sri Lanka State Plantation Corporation. [14]
The location of Namibia An enlargeable relief map of the Republic of Namibia. The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Namibia: Namibia – sovereign country located along the Atlantic Coast of Southern Africa. [1] Namibia shares borders with Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to
A Bantustan (also known as a Bantu homeland, a black homeland, a black state or simply known as a homeland; Afrikaans: Bantoestan) was a territory that the National Party administration of the Union of South Africa (1910–1961) and later the Republic of South Africa (1961–1994) set aside for black inhabitants of South Africa and South West Africa (now Namibia), as a part of its policy of ...
Location of Namibia Detailed map of Namibia based on radar Topographic map of Namibia. At 824,292 km 2 (318,261 sq mi), Namibia is the world's thirty-fourth largest country. After Mongolia , Namibia is the second least densely populated country in the world (2.7 inhabitants per square kilometre (7.0/sq mi)).
British East Africa (former name): after its geographical position on the continent of Africa and the former colonial power, . See also Britain, above, and Africa on the Place name etymology page. From the Kikuyu word Kirinyaga a contraction of Kirima nyaga "Ostrich mountain", so called because the dark shadows and snow-capped peak resemble the ...