South West Africa photograph

South West Africa

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Founded1915
Area835100
Capital Windhoek
Currency South African rand (1961–1990)
Status Union of South Africa
Date dissolved1990
Date of Reg.
Date of Upd.
ID2295802
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About South West Africa


South West Africa was the name for modern-day Namibia when it was under South African administration, from 1915 to 1990. Previously the colony of German South West Africa from 1884-1915, it was made a League of Nations mandate of the British-ruled Union of South Africa following Germany's losses in World War I.

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