Rehoboth (homeland)
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Rehoboth Basterland | |||||||||
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1979–1989 | |||||||||
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Location of Rehoboth within South West Africa. | |||||||||
Map of Rehoboth. | |||||||||
Status | Bantustan | ||||||||
Capital | Rehoboth | ||||||||
History | |||||||||
• Established | 1979 | ||||||||
• Re-integrated into Namibia | May 1989 | ||||||||
Currency | South African rand | ||||||||
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![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Plan_Odendaal.png/300px-Plan_Odendaal.png)
Allocation of Land to bantustans according to the Odendaal Plan. The homeland of Rehoboth is in the centre of the territory.
Rehoboth (or Basterland) was a bantustan in South West Africa (present-day Namibia) intended by the apartheid government to be a self-governing homeland for the Baster people in the area around the town of Rehoboth, Namibia. A centrally administered local government was created in 1979. The bantustan existed until 29 July 1989, a few months prior to the Independence of Namibia.
See also
External links
- Rehoboth Basters, information on the history of the Baster community in Namibia.
Coordinates: 23°18′57.36″S 17°4′50.96″E / 23.3159333°S 17.0808222°E