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South West Africa

1915 – 1990
ColonyAfrica

German South-West Africa seized by South African forces in 1915 and ruled by South Africa under a League of Nations mandate — retained in defiance of the UN after 1966, through the Border War, until Namibian independence in 1990.

Became independent Namibia on 21 March 1990.

Borders in 1975 · drawn from 4 sourced border frames
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Borders over time

The atlas holds 4 border frames for South West Africa — the shape you scrub through changes in 1915 · 1945 · 1961 · 1975.

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