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The Parliament Gardens is a small park in downtown Windhoek, Namibia. It is located between the Tintenpalast (Namibia's Parliament building) and the Christuskirche . It was laid out in 1932 and was originally called the Tintenpalast gardens , adopting its present name after Namibian independence in 1990.
Windhoek's Old Location in the 1950s The same skyline in 2011, showing the Old Location Cemetery Museum (lower right corner) and parts of the suburb Pionierspark. The Old Location (or as it was known then the Main Location) was an area segregated for Black residents of Windhoek, the capital of Namibia.
Windhoek's city council has plans to dramatically expand the city's boundaries such that the town area will cover 5,133.4 km 2 (1,982.0 sq mi). Windhoek would become the third-largest city in the world by area, [ citation needed ] after Tianjin and Istanbul , although its population density is only 63 inhabitants per square kilometre.
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.
Khomas is centered on the capital city Windhoek and provides for this reason superior transportation infrastructure. It is located in the central highlands of the country and is bordered by the Erongo region to the west and the northwest and by the Otjozondjupa region to the north.
After the World War I German surrender in South West Africa, Windhoek was occupied by the South African Army [3] in March 1915. The Alte Feste now served as military headquarters for the South African Union troops. In 1935 the fort was used for a more peaceful purpose when it was converted into a hostel for the adjacent Windhoek High School.
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Hochland Park is situated adjacent to the city centre and borders the suburbs of Tauben Glen and Acacia in the east, Dorado Park in the north, Windhoek West in the west and Pioneers Park in the south. Originally designed as a whites-only area it is today an affluent residential area for Windhoek's upper middle class, both black and white.
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