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As a result, a number of churches were built. Felsenkirche, one of the oldest Lutheran churches in Namibia, has been a national monument since 1978. [31] Glück Auf building, built 1907/08 for a lawyer of the diamond companies, declared a national monument in 2014 [30]
In 2013 Namibia 's president Hifikepunye Pohamba stated that "I have accepted the [4th Delimitation] Commission's recommendation that Lüderitz Constituency be renamed ǃNamiǂNûs Constituency which was the original name of the area. This includes the current town of Lüderitz".
ǃNamiǂNûs ([ᵑǃa.mi.ᵑǂũ̀ṹs]; until 2013 Lüderitz) is an electoral constituency in the ǁKaras Region of Namibia. It covers an area of 48,271 km 2 (18,638 sq mi) and contains the major town of Lüderitz, after which the constituency was originally named. In 2011, it had a population of 13,859, down from 14,542 in 2001. [1]
Lüderitz Bay (Afrikaans: Lüderitzbaai; German: Lüderitzbucht), also known as Angra Pequena (Portuguese: [ˈɐ̃ɡɾɐ pɨˈkenɐ], "small cove"), is a bay in the coast of Namibia, Africa. The city of Lüderitz is located at the edge of the bay.
Namibia had already been allocated its own country code by the International Telecommunication Union, +264, in the late 1960s. [2] Windhoek, Namibia to Johannesburg, South Africa Before 1992: 011 xxx xxxx After 1992: 00 27 11 xxx xxxx [3] Johannesburg, South Africa to Windhoek, Namibia Before 1992: 061 xxx xxx After 1992: 09 264 61 xxx xxx [4]
Hilaria Ndiiwana Mukapuli (born 4 April 1969) is a Namibian politician and a legislator in the Parliament of Namibia, as Member of National Assembly serving the 2020–2025 term, representing SWAPO Party of Namibia. Mukapuli also served as a mayor of Lüderitz from 2016 to 2019. [1] [2]
Several places in Namibia have been named after Adolf Lüderitz, a German merchant and colonialist: Lüderitz Airport; Lüderitz Bay, next to the town; Lüderitz railway station; ǃNamiǂNûs Constituency (formerly Lüderitz Constituency), an electoral constituency in Namibia; Naval Calling Station Luderitz
Namibia is a predominantly Christian country and is home to a small Muslim community. [1] Islam is a minority religion in Namibia, with a small but longstanding presence in the country. Islam first took root during the late 1800s in Namibia in the port city of Luderitz where a small community of Indian traders and merchants settled in the late ...