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Bank Windhoek Limited; First National Bank Namibia Limited, part of FirstRand Group; Standard Bank Namibia Limited, part of Standard Bank Group; Nedbank Namibia Limited, part of Nedbank Group; Bank BIC Namibia Limited, part of Angola's Banco BIC Group; Letshego Bank Namibia Limited, part of Letshego Group; Branch of Banco Privado Atlântico ...
Before independence in 1990, when the country was under South African administration, it formed part of that country's post code system, but following independence, use of post codes was discontinued. [2] South West Africa, including the enclave of Walvis Bay, was allocated the number range 9000–9299. [3] P.O. Box 287 WINDHOEK 9100 [4]
Bank Windhoek was founded in 1982 when a group of entrepreneurs, led by Koos Brandt, took over eight local branches of the Volkskas Bank. [8] The bank opened its first branch in Karasburg the same year it was founded. [9] In 1990, the bank merged with Boland Bank and Trust Bank, and opened a branch in Walvis Bay. [10] The bank opened its first ...
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]
Typical Cattle Farm near Gobabis. Gobabis is the centre of this area and also its main business area, as it is linked with the capital of Namibia, Windhoek, by rail and the tarred B6 national road. This infrastructure serves as the main supply line for the region. All the other population centres in the region are linked with Gobabis by road.
Gobabis is connected to the Namibian railway system. The passenger train that used to run to the capital Windhoek four times a week, no longer takes passengers. The town hosts a state hospital, a state clinic and a private hospital, banking and shopping facilities. [3] Legare Stadium is located in the town.
During the 1980s it was returned to the Cape Province and used the code CWB. It then became part of Namibia. Until 1968 South West Africa used a system of one- and two-letter codes without prefixes. W stood for Windhoek, L for Lüderitz, R for Rehoboth, Sd for Swakopmund, T for Tsumeb and Wb for Walvis Bay. [7]
The first railway line to reach Windhoek was the one from Swakopmund, built between 1897-1902 during Imperial Germany's colonial rule of German South West Africa. In 1914 this line was extended to Walvis Bay. The southern line from Lüderitz (built 1906) was connected via Keetmanshoop to Windhoek in 1912. In 1930 the eastern line to Gobabis was ...