Upingtonia
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Key facts
- Country.conventional_long_name
- Republic of Lijdensrust
- Country.native_name
- Republiek Lydensrust
- Country.common_name
- Lydensrust
- Country.empire
- Namibia
- Country.status
- Boer Republic
- Country.event_start
- 23px Founding of Upingtonia
- Country.year_start
- 1885
- Country.date_start
- October 20
- Country.event1
- Name change to Lijdensrust
- Country.date_event1
- 1886
- Country.event2
- William Worthington Jordan killed by Nehale Mpingana
- Country.date_event2
- 1886
- Country.event3
- Republic collapses
- Country.date_event3
- 1886
- Country.event_end
- 23pxMerged into German South-West Africa
- Country.year_end
- 1887
- Country.date_end
- June
- Country.p1
- Ovambo peopleOvamboland
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- Boer republic
- Religion
- Dutch Reformed Church
- Country
- Namibia
- Capital
- Grootfontein
- Official language
- Dutch
- Form of government
- Boer republic
- Image
- Rep Upingtonia 1886.jpg
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- inception
- 1885-01-01
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1887-01-01
- located in the present-day administrative territorial entity
- Namibia
- merged into
- German South-West Africa
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Encyclopedic overview
2 sectionsContents
- History
- Notes
thumb|Map showing Lijdensrust edged grey
Lijdensrust, officially the Republic of Lijdensrust, was a short-lived Boer republic in the area of present-day Namibia. Declared on 20 October 1885, it was originally named Upingtonia, but changed its name soon after as the reason for its original name proved worthless. In 1887, it was merged into German South-West Africa.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Upingtonia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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