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Kaokoland (also called Kaokoveld) was a bantustan
Bantustan

A bantustan or euphemistically black african homeland or simply homeland, was territory set aside for black inhabitants of South Africa and South-West Africa , as part of the policy of South Africa under apartheid....
 in South West Africa
South West Africa

South-West Africa was the name of what is today the Republic of Namibia....
 (present-day Namibia
Namibia

Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in southern Africa on the Atlantic Ocean coast. It shares borders with Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east, and South Africa to the south....
), intended by the apartheid government to be a self-governing homeland for the Himba
Himba

The Himba are an ethnic group of about 20,000 to 50,000 people, living in northern Namibia, in the Kunene Region region . They are a nomadic, pastoral people, closely related to the Herero, and speak the same language....
 people. Despite this, a government was not established in the region.






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Kaokoland (also called Kaokoveld) was a bantustan
Bantustan

A bantustan or euphemistically black african homeland or simply homeland, was territory set aside for black inhabitants of South Africa and South-West Africa , as part of the policy of South Africa under apartheid....
 in South West Africa
South West Africa

South-West Africa was the name of what is today the Republic of Namibia....
 (present-day Namibia
Namibia

Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in southern Africa on the Atlantic Ocean coast. It shares borders with Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east, and South Africa to the south....
), intended by the apartheid government to be a self-governing homeland for the Himba
Himba

The Himba are an ethnic group of about 20,000 to 50,000 people, living in northern Namibia, in the Kunene Region region . They are a nomadic, pastoral people, closely related to the Herero, and speak the same language....
 people. Despite this, a government was not established in the region. Kaokoland, like other homelands in South West Africa, was abolished in May 1989 at the start of the transition to independence
Independence

Independence is the self-government of a nation, country, or state by its residents and population, or some portion thereof, generally exercising sovereignty....
.

Today, Kaokoland is part of the Kunene
Kunene Region

|-|Area:||144,255 km? |-|Population:||68,244 , 64,017 |-|Population density||0.6/km? |-|Capital:||Opuwo|-|Time Zone:||South African Standard Time: UTC+1...
 region.

See also

  • Apartheid