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Elisenheim is a residential area north of Windhoek, the capital of Namibia.It was declared a township in December 2011 when the first building plans for houses were submitted to the City of Windhoek, and infrastructure such as roads, sewerage, and electricity installations has been put in place.
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.
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]
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.
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.
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 first stock exchange in Namibia was founded in Lüderitz (previously known as the Lüderitz Stock Exchange).It opened at the start of the 1900s as a result of the diamond rush, which brought hundreds of prospectors to the desert, who then built settlements in the area.