• William Worthington Jordan killed by Nehale Mpingana
1886
• Republic collapses
1886
• Merged into German South-West Africa
June 1887
Currency
Pound sterling (£)
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Ovambo people
German South-West Africa
Today part of
Namibia
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.
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...
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scout and politician. Trekboer group leader who helped found the Republic Upingtonia Edward Ricketts, trader at Tsub|Garis, an old settlement between Mariental...
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farms given to them at no charge by Jordan. The trekkers named the area Upingtonia after the Prime Minister of the Cape Colony. The settlement had to be...
Northern Cape is named after him, as was the short-lived Boer republic of Upingtonia. Upington was born in Rathnee, near Mallow, County Cork, on 28 October...
to Boer settlers who in 1885 established the short-lived republic of Upingtonia. This did not long survive his death in 1886. Jordan's Journal of the...
Global Information
Founding of Upingtonia 
Merged into German South-West Africa 
