Bushmanland (South West Africa)
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Bushmanland Boesmanland Buschmannland | |||||||||
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Status | Bantustan | ||||||||
Capital | Tsumkwe (Tjumǃkui) | ||||||||
Common languages | Khoisan English Afrikaans German | ||||||||
Currency | South African rand | ||||||||
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Bushmanland (Afrikaans: Boesmanland) was a bantustan in South West Africa (present-day Namibia), intended by the apartheid government to be a self-governing homeland for the San people (the Bushmen). Despite this, a government was not established in the region.
Bushmanland, like other homelands in South West Africa, was abolished in May 1989 at the start of the transition to independence.
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19°35′S 20°31′E / 19.583°S 20.517°E