Kavangoland, former bantustan in South-West Africa (now Namibia)
Kavangoland was a bantustan in South West Africa established along the Kavango River in what is now northeastern Namibia. The area covered territories that today form part of the Kavango East and Kavango West regions and was administratively separated from the rest of the territory.
The bantustan was created in 1968 as part of South Africa's system to separate ethnic groups during the apartheid era. It was dissolved after Namibian independence in 1990, when the entire system of separate administrative areas was dismantled.
The administrative structure no longer exists today, but the areas can be visited as part of the Kavango regions. Travelers will find villages, markets, and rural communities along the river that offer insight into the region's present-day life.
The territory never gained full self-rule during its existence and remained under South African control. Its population never received the citizenship that the bantustan system theoretically promised.
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