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Gazankulu

• former homeland (Bantustan) and autonomous national state in the Republic of South Africa

Contents

• Flag

• Map

• Numbers and Facts

• History

• Origin of the Country's Name

Flag

1973–1994,
National flag,
Source, by: Corel Draw 4, World Statesmen

Map

Source: Wikipedia (D)

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(Source: Library of Congress)

Numbers and Facts

Area: 2.857 square miles

Inhabitants: 803.806 (1992), mostly Shangana

Density of Population: 281 inh./sq.mi.

Capital: Giyani, 25.954 inh. (2011)

Languages: Shangana, English, Afrikaans

Currency: 1 Rand (R) = 100 Cents

Time Zone: GMT + 2 h

Source: Wikipedia (D)

History

1971 · establishment of the homeland "Machangana" (from 1973 "Gazankulu") for Shangana

1973 · South Africa grants autonomy

27th of April 1994 · new constitution for South Africa, official abolition of the racial segregation, dissolution of the homelands

Source: Wikipedia (D), World Statesmen

Origin of the Country's Name

The homeland was named first "Machangana", by the name of the Bantu tribe of his inhabitants. Later it was renamed in "Gazankulu" to honour a great chief, according to other sources to honour the ols Kingdom of "Gaza".

Source: Wikipedia (D)

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