Editing South West Africa (section)

==German colony==
{{Main|German South West Africa}}

As a [[German colonial empire|German colony]] from 1884, it was known as [[German South West Africa]] (''Deutsch-Südwestafrika''). Germany had a difficult time administering the territory, which experienced many insurrections against the harsh German rule, especially those led by guerrilla leader [[Jacob Morenga]]. The main port, [[Walvis Bay]], and the [[Penguin Islands]] were annexed by the [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|UK]] in 1878, becoming part of the [[Cape Colony]] in 1884.<ref name="receuil">{{cite book|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h1GU1KXstegC&pg=PA213|chapter=State Succession in Africa: Selected Problems|first=Y.|last=Makonnen|title=Recueil Des Cours, 1986: Collected Courses of the Hague Academy of International Law|volume=V|publisher=Martinus Nijhoff Publishers|date=1987|page=213|isbn=9024736447 }}</ref> Following the creation of the [[Union of South Africa]] in 1910, Walvis Bay became part of the [[Cape Province]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=C49CAQAAIAAJ&q=%22and+with+it%22 Debates of Parliament] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202020213/https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=C49CAQAAIAAJ&dq=Following+the+creation+of+the+Union+of+South+Africa+in+1910%2C+Walvis+Bay+became+part+of+the+Cape+Province.&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=%22and+with+it%22 |date=2017-02-02 }}, ''Hansard'', Volume 9, Issues 19–21, Government Printer, 1993, page 10179</ref>

As part of the [[Heligoland–Zanzibar Treaty]] in 1890, a corridor of land taken from the northern border of [[Bechuanaland]], extending as far as the [[Zambezi]] River, was added to the colony. It was named the [[Caprivi Strip]] (''Caprivizipfel'') after the [[Chancellor of Germany#Chancellor of the German Reich|German Chancellor]] [[Leo von Caprivi]].<ref>[http://www.namibian.org/travel/namibia/caprivi.htm Caprivi Strip | Namibia] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100930030935/http://namibian.org/travel/namibia/caprivi.htm |date=2010-09-30 }}. Namibian.org. Retrieved on 2012-12-18.</ref>