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Caprivi Strip

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Caprivi Strip or Caprivi Zipfel [Ger. Zipfel =tip, point], region, c.300 mi (480 km) long and 50 mi (80 km) wide, NE Namibia, bordered on the N by Angola and Zambia and on the S by Botswana. It is named for the German chancellor Leo, Graf von Caprivi , who obtained it from Great Britain as part of a general settlement (1890) between the two countries. It gave the former German colony of South West Africa (now Namibia) access to the Zambezi River. The region has been the scene of clashes between separatists and government forces, and experienced significant flooding along the Zambezi in 2009.

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Caprivi Strip

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Caprivi Strip, Namibia A 280 mile (450 km) strip of land between Angola, Zambia, and Botswana. Part of German South West Africa between 1893 and 1919, it was ceded by the UK to give the Germans access to the Zambezi River. It is named after Leo (1831–99), Graf von (Count of) Caprivi, German chancellor (1890–4). In 1919 it became part of South West Africa (now Namibia), then a South African mandate.

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