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KwaNdebele

• 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

1981–1994,
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: 849 square miles

Inhabitants: 373.012 (1992), mostly Ndebele

Density of Population: 439 inh./sq.mi.

Capital: KwaMhlanga, 7.123 inh. (2011)

Languages: Ndebele, English, Afrikaans

Currency: 1 Rand (R) = 100 Cents

Time Zone: GMT + 2 h

Source: Wikipedia (D)

History

1979 · establishment of the homeland KwaNdebele (for Ndebele)

1981 · South Africa grants autonomy

12th of December 1986 · originally scheduled date for the independence from South Africa, rejected by the Parliament of KwaNdebele

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

KwaNdebele means "Home of the Ndebele".

Source: Wikipedia (D)









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