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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]
The city is the administrative, commercial, and industrial centre of Namibia. A 1992/93 study estimated that Windhoek provides over half of Namibia's non-agricultural employment, with its national share of employment in utilities being 96%, in transport and communication 94%, finance and business services 82%. [20]
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] As of 2020, it has 14,758 registered voters. [3]
Samora Machel Constituency (formerly known as Wanaheda Constituency) is a constituency in Windhoek in the Khomas Region of central Namibia. The constituency is located across four northern suburbs of Windhoek: Wanaheda, Greenwell Matongo, Goreangab, and part of Havana. It had a population of 50,110 in 2011, up from 29,382 in 2001. [1]
Toggle Diplomatic missions in Windhoek subsection. ... 2024; Regional: 2010; 2015; 2020; ... the capital city of Windhoek hosts 34 embassies/high commissions.
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.
Groot Aub (German: Groß Aub) is a settlement located approximately 60 kilometres (37 mi) south of Windhoek, in the Khomas Region of Namibia. It belongs to the Windhoek Rural electoral constituency and houses its constituency office. [1] In September 2017 Groot Aub was incorporated into the capital Windhoek. [2]