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- former homeland (Bantustan) and autonomous national state in the Republic of South Africa
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KaNgwane was the only homeland not to have its own flag.
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(Source: Library of Congress)
Area: 1.200 square miles
Inhabitants: 597.783 (1992), mostly Swasi
Density of Population: 516 inh./sq.mi.
Capital: Louieville (Nyasamane), 1.364 inh. (2011)
Languages: Swasi, English, Afrikaans
Currency: 1 Rand (R) = 100 Cents
Time Zone: GMT + 2 h
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1977 · establishment of the homeland "Amaswazi" (later "KaNgwane") for Swasi
1981 · South Africa grants autonomy
27th of April 1994 · new constitution for South Africa, official abolition of the racial segregation, dissolution of the homelands
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The homeland was named first "Machangana", by the name of the Bantu tribe of his inhabitants. Later it was renamed in "KaNgwane" because the neighbouring Swaziland – it was palanned to annex KaNgwane with it – names itself "Ngwana".
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