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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 ...
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 ...
Map of Namibia Windhoek, Capital of Namibia Walvis Bay Swakopmund. Cities and towns in Namibia are distinguished by the status the Government of Namibia has vested in them: Places in Namibia that are governed by a municipality are cities, places with a town council are towns. [1]
Media Institute of Southern Africa headquartered in Windhoek. [20] 1994 Polytechnic of Namibia founded. National Library of Namibia headquartered in Windhoek. 1995 May: Miss Universe 1995 beauty pageant held in city. Quba-Mosque (Windhoek) built. Windhoek Country Club Resort in business.
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 centre maintains three locations, two in the capital city of Windhoek and one in Swakopmund.The detailed locations are as follows: [3] (1) Windhoek Khomasdal Facility; at the corner of Mahtma Ghandi and Hans Dietrich Genscher Street (2) Windhoek Eros Facility; along Heliodoor Street and (3) Swakopmund Facility; along Henties Bay Road.
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.
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]