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Cimbebasia is suburb situated in Southern Windhoek, the capital of Namibia. The name Cimbebasia was originally applied to the region occupied by a Roman Catholic Prefecture Apostolic that was established in southwestern Africa. [1] Cimbebasia is bordered by Prosperita to the north and Kleine Kuppe to the east.
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]
Havana is located northwest of Windhoek, in the Khomas region. [1] It was named after the capital city of Cuba. [2] It was established about two decades ago when the City of Windhoek experienced a high rate of urbanisation due to many people travelling to the capital city for a better way of living and for employment purposes. [3]
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.
Delta Highschool is a large private school in Olympia (previously Deutsche Schule Windhoek). Several streets are named after sportspersons, such as Frankie Fredericks Drive. Property prices are in the upper price segment and Olympia is predominantly residential, without industrial zones.
Grove Mall (originally The Grove Mall of Namibia) is the largest shopping centre in Namibia, Southern Africa, billed as the country's first regional shopping mall. It is located in the Hilltop mixed-use estate in Kleine Kuppe , in the southern Windhoek suburbs.
In Windhoek, Namibia, Independence Avenue runs through the heart of downtown and is "easily explored by foot". [1] Prior to independence, the street was known as Kaiserstrasse. Notable buildings and parks on Independence Avenue
Windhoek's historic Turnhalle building. The Turnhalle (English: sports hall) is a building in Windhoek, the capital of Namibia.Built during the era of Imperial Germany 's colonisation of South West Africa, it has been through a variety of uses, most prominently as the venue for the 1975–1977 Turnhalle Constitutional Conference, an attempt to quell armed resistance waged by the People's ...