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Rehoboth area, the Glossary

The Rehoboth area, historically the Free Republic of Rehoboth (German: Freie Republik Rehoboth) is an unrecognized state in central Namibia, inhabited by the indigenous Baster people.^[1]

15 relations: Baster Council, Basters, Captains of the Rehoboth Baster, German language, German South West Africa, Hermanus van Wyk, List of states with limited recognition, Namibia, Rehoboth (homeland), Rehoboth, Namibia, South Africa, South West Africa, United People's Movement (Namibia), Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization, Warmbad, Namibia.
Geography of Namibia
Proposed administrative territorial entities
Regions of Namibia

Baster Council

The Baster Council (Afrikaans: Basterrad), is the parliament of the unrecognized state of the Rehoboth area in Namibia.

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Basters

The Basters (also known as Baasters, Rehobothers, or Rehoboth Basters) are a Southern African ethnic group descended from Cape Coloureds and Nama of Khoisan origin.

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Captains of the Rehoboth Baster

The Captains of the Rehoboth Baster (Afrikaans: Kapteins van die Rehoboth Baster) were the traditional leaders of the indigenous Baster community in central Namibia, until the dissolution of the Rehoboth Homeland in 1990, upon Namibian independence.

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German language

German (Standard High German: Deutsch) is a West Germanic language in the Indo-European language family, mainly spoken in Western and Central Europe. It is the most widely spoken and official or co-official language in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and the Italian province of South Tyrol.

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German South West Africa

German South West Africa (Deutsch-Südwestafrika) was a colony of the German Empire from 1884 until 1915, though Germany did not officially recognise its loss of this territory until the 1919 Treaty of Versailles.

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Hermanus van Wyk

Hermanus van Wyk (1835–1905) was the first Kaptein of the Baster community at Rehoboth in South-West Africa, today Namibia.

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List of states with limited recognition

A number of polities have declared independence and sought diplomatic recognition from the international community as sovereign states, but have not been universally recognised as such.

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Namibia

Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa.

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Rehoboth (homeland)

Rehoboth (or Basterland) was a homeland in South West Africa (present-day Namibia) intended by the apartheid-era government to be a self-governing homeland for the Baster people in the area around the town of Rehoboth.

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Rehoboth, Namibia

Rehoboth is a town in central Namibia just north of the Tropic of Capricorn.

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South Africa

South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa.

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South West Africa

South West Africa, renamed to Namibia from 12 June 1968, was a South African Province under South African administration from 1915 to 1990, after which it became modern-day Namibia.

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United People's Movement (Namibia)

The United People's Movement, formerly known as the Rehoboth Democratic Movement, is a political party (self-described "unity movement") based in Rehoboth, Namibia.

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Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization

The Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization, or simply UNPO is an international organization established to facilitate the voices of unrepresented and marginalised nations and peoples worldwide.

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Warmbad, Namibia

Warmbad (Afrikaans and German for Warm Bath, Nama: |Aixa-aibes) is a settlement located in the ǁKaras Region of southern Namibia.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rehoboth_area