Rehoboth area

Rehoboth area
Flag
Constitution31 January 1872
Amendment1 January 1874
Recognition15 September 1885
Declaration of Independence20 March 1990
Founded byHermanus van Wyk
SeatRehoboth
Government
 • BodyBaster Council
 • CaptainJacky Britz (United People's Movement)
Area
 • Land14,216 km2 (5,489 sq mi)
Population
 • Total
35,000
Time zoneUTC+2

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.

Between 1979 and 1989, the area was a South West African bantustan.

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