Polity Republic of Upingtonia

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Was a short-lived Boer republic in the area of present-day Namibia. It was originally named Upingtonia, but changed its name to Lijdensrust.

Establishment

  • October 1885: In 1885, William Worthington Jordan bought a tract (fifty thousand square kilometers) of land from the Ovambo chief Kambonde for three hundred pounds. Here he established the Republic of Upingtonia on 20 October 1885.

Chronology

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Disestablishment

  • January 1887: In 1886 the Republic of Upingtonia changed its name to Lijdensrust.