Rehoboth area

Rehoboth area
Flag of Rehoboth area
Location of Rehoboth area
Constitution31 January 1872
Amendment1 January 1874
Recognition15 September 1885
Declaration of Independence20 March 1990
Founded byHermanus van Wyk
SeatRehoboth
Government
 • BodyBaster Council
 • CaptainJacky Britz (United People's Movement)
Area
 • Land14,216 km2 (5,489 sq mi)
Population
 • Total35,000
Time zoneUTC+2

The Rehoboth area, historically the Free Republic of Rehoboth (German: Freie Republik Rehoboth) is an unrecognized state in central Namibia, inhabited by the indigenous Baster people.

Between 1979 and 1989, the area was a South West African bantustan.