What the records say
- When
- 1990
- Kind
- Territorial change
- Where
- South West Africa
- Coordinates
- 20.58° S, 17.11° E
- Process
- unknown
- Type
- Unknown process (often independences)
- Pop
- 1372000
- Area km2
- 823290
- Gaining
- Namibia
- Losing
- South Africa
Placed at the country: the source names no closer place.
South West Africa
South African territory from 1915 to 1990
South West Africa was a territory under South African administration from 1915 to 1990. Renamed Namibia by the United Nations in 1968, once the country became independent the name was formally adopted on 21 March 1990.
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The source
- COW Territorial Change v6Correlates of War ProjectCorrelates of War: free use with citation