Upingtonia
Republic of Lijdensrust Republiek Lydensrust | |||||||||
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| 1885–1887 | |||||||||
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| Status | Boer Republic | ||||||||
| Capital | Grootfontein | ||||||||
| Common languages | Dutch (written) Afrikaans (spoken) German | ||||||||
| Religion | Dutch Reformed | ||||||||
| President | |||||||||
• 1885–1887 | George Diederik P. Prinsloo | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
| October 20 1885 | |||||||||
• Name change to Lijdensrust | 1886 | ||||||||
| 1886 | |||||||||
• Republic collapses | 1886 | ||||||||
| June 1887 | |||||||||
| Currency | Pound sterling (£) | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Namibia | ||||||||
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.