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Windhoek (/ ˈ w ɪ n d h ʊ k /, Afrikaans: [ˈvəntɦuk] ⓘ; German: Windhuk [ˈvɪnthʊk] ⓘ; Khoekhoe: ǀAi-ǁGams; Otjiherero: Otjomuise) is the capital and largest city of Namibia. It is located in central Namibia in the Khomas Highland plateau area, at around 1,700 m (5,600 ft) above sea level, almost exactly at the country's ...
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The State House was designed by the North Korean company Mansudae Overseas Projects and built over a period of 66 months. [4] [5] In September 2002, at the end of his term, Sam Nujoma, the first president of Namibia, had construction begin on the new building, to replace the old State House in the inner city, [6] because both the office space in the old State House and the parking area were ...
There are also a number of notable hotels in Windhoek, such as Windhoek Country Club Resort, and some international hotel chains, such as Hilton Hotels and Resorts. Namibia's primary tourism related governing body, the Namibia Tourism Board (NTB), was established by an Act of Parliament: the Namibia Tourism Board Act, 2000 (Act 21 of 2000).
The centre maintains three locations, two in the capital city of Windhoek and one in Swakopmund. The detailed locations are as follows: [2] Windhoek Khomasdal Facility, at the corner of Mahatma Gandhi and Hans Dietrich Genscher Street; Windhoek Eros Facility, along Heliodoor Street; Swakopmund Facility, along Henties Bay Road [2]
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.
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.
It is located in the Namibian capital of Windhoek. The Tintenpalast, which is located just north of Robert Mugabe Avenue, was designed by German architect Gottlieb Redecker with a Neoclassical front façade and built by the company Sander & Kock between 1912 and 1913 from regional materials as an administration building for the German ...