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According to the Namibia 2001 Population and Housing Census, Khomas had a population of 250,262 (123,613 females and 126,648 males or 102 males for every 100 females) growing at an annual rate of 4%. The fertility rate was 4.9 children per woman. 93% lived in urban areas while 7% lived in rural areas, and with an area of 37,007 km 2 , the ...
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 geographical centre. The population of Windhoek, which was 486,169 in 2023, [2] is constantly growing due to a continued migration from other regions in Namibia.
Over 19% of Namibia is protected, an area of some 130,000 square kilometres. [4] However, the Ministry of Environment & Tourism auctions limited hunting rights within its protected areas. [4] The Namibia Nature Foundation, an NGO, was established in 1987 to raise and administer funds for the conservation of wildlife and protected area management.
Windhoek West constituency (red) in the Khomas Region (yellow) Windhoek West Constituency is an electoral constituency in the Khomas Region of Namibia. It contains the affluent suburbs of Hochland Park, Pioneers Park, Academia, Cimbebasia, Rocky Crest, Windhoek North and Windhoek West. [1] It had a population of 53,438 in 2011, up from 42,201 ...
Hochland Park (also Hochlandpark, seldom Highland Park) is a residential suburb in Windhoek, the capital of Namibia. It is named after the German Khomas Hochland , the central-Namibian plateau area in which Windhoek is situated.
Highlands Christian School, private school in Windhoek, Khomas Region; Highline Secondary School, Greenwell Matongo, Windhoek; Hoachanas A.M.E. Community Private Primary School, Hardap Region [10] Hochland High School, Windhoek, Khomas Region; Holy Cross Convent School, Windhoek, Khomas Region; established 1906
Katutura (Otjiherero for The place where people do not want to live) [1] is a township of Windhoek, Khomas Region, Namibia. [2] Katutura was created in 1961 following the forced removal of Windhoek's black population from the Old Location, which afterwards was developed into the suburb of Hochland Park.
Khomasdal is a suburb of Namibia's capital of Windhoek in the Khomas Region. Founded as Windhoek's residential area for Coloured people, Khomasdal still is primarily composed of Coloured people. [1] In October 2006, the City of Windhoek announced the construction of an informal market in Khomasdal.