5.10 LAND ALLOCATIONS IN 1921
Data ID
Description: Allocation of land into freehold, communal or government in 1921
Chapter: 5 Land and History
File name: Land allocations in 1921
File type: ArcView shapefile
Geographical area: Namibia
Keywords: land

allocation

1921
Notes on data, analysis and Boundaries as depicted in the map of South West Africa produced by the Surveyor General, 1921 were recreated by
compilation: merging, editing and deleting farm polygons from the present day farm shapefile (see Fig 5.32). This approach worked

well as most present day farms are subdivisions of the original boundaries defined at this time.
Data quality and organisation
Positional Accuracy: 1:100 000 scale; 50 - 250 m positional accuracy
Vector/Raster: Vector
Spatial reference
Projection: Geographic
Fields
Field name Field description
LANDUSE Type of allocation: farmland, government, communal
NAME Name of tribal area
Source/Distribution
Data Source: Map of South West Africa produced by the Surveyor General, 1921
Contact: Jeremy Silvester
Online/Offline Address: History Department, UNAM
Distribution notes: Unrestricted