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Windhoek (/ ˈ w ɪ n d h ʊ k /, Afrikaans: [ˈvəntɦuk] ⓘ; German: Windhuk [ˈvɪnthʊk] ⓘ; Khoekhoe: ǀAi-ǁGams; Otjiherero: Otjomuise) is the capital and largest city of Namibia. It is located in central Namibia in the Khomas Highland plateau area, at around 1,700 m (5,600 ft) above sea level, almost exactly at the country's ...
Map of Namibia Windhoek, Capital of Namibia Walvis Bay Swakopmund. Cities and towns in Namibia are distinguished by the status the Government of Namibia has vested in them: Places in Namibia that are governed by a municipality are cities, places with a town council are towns. [1]
Sade Gawanas is a Namibian politician who has served as mayor of Windhoek since 1 December 2021 till 19 January 2023, as her deputy took over. Previously, she was elected into the council of the City of Windhoek following the 2020 local elections. She is from the Landless People's Movement. [1] [2] [3]
Robert Naanda Kahimise is a Namibian businessperson and CEO of the City of Windhoek. He was appointed to the position in 2016. He was appointed to the position in 2016. Previously, he served as executive officer of the Erongo Regional Electricity Distributor where he has served since July 2013.
The city of Windhoek, the capital of South West Africa and later Namibia, was officially founded on 18 October 1890 by Curt Karl Bruno von François, an Imperial German Colonial Official in the Schutztruppe. [1] Its purpose was to serve as the capital of German South West Africa. Since its establishment, the city has had 49 different mayors ...
This constituency is inside the city of Windhoek in the formerly all-Black suburb of Katutura. It had a population of 15,121 in 2011, up from 13,865 in 2001. [2]
Fransina Ndateelela Kahungu (born 1970) is a Namibian politician serving as a Windhoek city councilor. She previously served as deputy mayor of Windhoek in 2016 and 2017 and mayor of Windhoek from 2019 to 2020. Kahungu became the SWAPO Party Women Council (SPWC) Secretary in 2022.
The State House was designed by the North Korean company Mansudae Overseas Projects and built over a period of 66 months. [4] [5] In September 2002, at the end of his term, Sam Nujoma, the first president of Namibia, had construction begin on the new building, to replace the old State House in the inner city, [6] because both the office space in the old State House and the parking area were ...