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The Windhoek Gymnasium Private School has one of its campuses in Kleine Kuppe. [2] Grove Mall , the largest shopping centre in Namibia [ citation needed ] is located in the Hilltop mixed-use estate in the area, as are several other retail centres.
Windhoek inner city area. Windhoek Central Business District (short: Windhoek Central) is the inner city area of Windhoek, capital of Namibia.It is surrounded by the suburbs of Windhoek West and Hochland Park in the west, Windhoek-North in the north, Eros, Klein-Windhoek, Luxushügel and Auasblick in the east, and Suiderhof and Southern Industrial in the south.
Around 321 hectares (790 acres) are occupied by military installations and barracks and around 42 hectares (100 acres) by housing of the Namibia Defense Force. On around 27 hectares (67 acres) a police village is established. [8] Farm Windhoek is also leased by the City of Windhoek for agricultural land use, mainly livestock herding. [9]
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 ...
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The economy of Namibia has a modern market sector, which produces most of the country's wealth, and a traditional subsistence sector. Although the majority of the population engages in subsistence agriculture and herding, Namibia has more than 200,000 skilled workers and a considerable number of well-trained professionals and managerials.
As of 2015 Namibia has 18 villages, each of them governed by a village council of up to five seats. Village councils are elected locally and have the authority to set up facilities like water, sewerage and cemeteries without the approval of the Minister of Urban and Rural Development.
Klein Windhoek is the oldest part of the town, having been established in 1840 by Jonker Afrikaner and his 800-strong group. He had requested the services of a missionary, and the Rhenish Missionary Society (RMS) built the first house in the area in the same year.