Katutura
Katutura is a township of Windhoek, Khomas Region, Namibia. 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. Sam Nujoma Stadium, built in 2005, is located within Katutura.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sam Nujoma Stadium and A. Shipena Secondary School.
Sam Nujoma Stadium
Stadium
Photo: Thomas.macmillan, Public domain.
Sam Nujoma Stadium is a football stadium in Katutura, Windhoek, Namibia. The stadium holds 10,300 and was finished in 2005. It is named after the former Namibian president Sam Nujoma.
A. Shipena Secondary School
School
A. Shipena Secondary School is a secondary school in Windhoek, the capital of Namibia. It is a government school situated in the Soweto area of the Katutura suburb, offering school grades 8–12.
Windhoek Central Hospital
Hospital
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Windhoek Central Hospital is a public hospital in Windhoek, Namibia. Together with the Katutura State Hospital, it is one of two State Hospitals in the city. The hospital was commissioned in 1982, and opened in 1984. Windhoek Central Hospital is situated 4 km south of Katutura.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hakahana and Khomasdal.
Hakahana
Suburb
Hakahana is a suburb of Windhoek, the capital of Namibia. The township is situated in the north of the town between the suburbs of Katutura, Wanaheda, and Okuryangava. Hakahana is situated 3 km northwest of Katutura.
Khomasdal
Suburb
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. Khomasdal is situated 3½ km south of Katutura.
Otjomuise
Suburb
Otjomuise is a township in north-western Windhoek, Namibia. Otjomuise is situated 5 km southwest of Katutura.
Katutura
- Type: Suburb with 21,200 residents
- Description: township of Windhoek, Namibia
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Khomas, Namibia, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-22.52104° or 22° 31′ 16″ southLongitude
17.0557° or 17° 3′ 21″ eastPopulation
21,200Elevation
1,630 metres (5,348 feet)Open location code
5F9VF3H4+H7OpenStreetMap ID
node 911297891OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
3356294Wikidata ID
Q13362015
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Slovenian—“Katutura” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Katutura”
- Dutch: “Katutura”
- French: “Katutura”
- German: “Katutura”
- German: “Windhoek-Katutura”
- Igbo: “Katutura”
- Irish: “Katutura”
- Italian: “Katutura”
- Portuguese: “Katutura”
- Russian: “Катутура”
- Slovenian: “Katutura, Windhoek”
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