State · 1915 – 1990
South West Africa
A state of 1915 – 1990 — 75 years in sub-Saharan Africa. It replaced German South West Africa. It was replaced by Namibia. The atlas records 1 thing within it — wars and battles 1.
- Wikidata's English label: South-West Africa.
For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.
- Stood
- 75 years
- 1915 – 1990
- Within it
- 1
- recorded row
- Symbols
- 2
- on record, with years
Where it sits in time
Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold, what it replaced or followed and what replaced or followed it in grey.
Before and after
The states the record files it as replacing or following, and those that replaced or followed it - Wikidata's own statements, each read from this state's side.
Before it
- German South West Africa · replaces · 1884 – 1915
After it
- Namibia · replaced by · 1990 – present
Flags and arms, in order
Each symbol with the years its own statement gives; the timeline flies the one of the year on screen.
coat of arms, undatedCoat of arms of South West Africa · CC BY 3.0 · Samhanin .svg/120px-Flag_of_South_Africa_(1928%E2%80%931994%2C_dark_colors).svg.png)
flag, undatedFlag of South Africa (1928–1994, dark colors) · Public domain
What happened within it, by century
Every row the atlas hosts under this state, by the century it began in: wars and battles in red, risings, regime changes and massacres beside them, everything else in grey. A tall bar is a century the record is full for, which is partly a fact about Wikipedia.
1900 – 19991 row · 1 wars and battles
- Battle of Cuito Cuanavale · battle · 1987
Among all states
Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.
- How long it stood75 years
stood longer than 41% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.
- Wars recorded per centurynone
had more wars on record per century than 44% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.
What led to it, and what came of it
The investigation's own picture: 1 cause the record names and 1 result, the strongest six of each at their own years, joined to the state by the kind of claim - a recorded statement solid, the article's sentence dashed, a theory dash-dot.
Open the investigation: every row with its evidence, the conditions at the time, the theories condition by condition, and the succession analysed.
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 1905 – 2000, with everything that stood beside it.
- On the map in 1953, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
- Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.
Wikidata Q953068 (CC0) · symbols from Wikimedia Commons, each credited above · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.