Southern Africa
Namibia
Khomas

Windhoek

Windhoek is 's capital and largest city. It is in the geographic centre of the country at an elevation of 1,600 m. This is the city where most safaris travelling through Namibia begin, and also the first point of entry in Namibia should you arrive by airplane.
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  • Type: City with 326,000 residents
  • Description: capital of the Republic of Namibia
  • Also known as: “Otjomuise”, “Windhök”, “Windhuk”, and “ǀAi-ǁGams”
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Christ Church and Independence Memorial Museum.

Church
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The is a historic landmark and Lutheran church in Windhoek, , belonging to the German-speaking Evangelical Lutheran Church in Namibia. It was designed by architect Gottlieb Redecker.

Museum
The is a history in Windhoek, the capital of . It focuses on the anti-colonial resistance and the national liberation movement of Namibia.

Church
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St. Mary's Cathedral, known as St. Marien Kathedrale in German, is a Roman Catholic church in Windhoek, . It is the seat of the Archdiocese of Windhoek.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Klein Windhoek and Pioneers Park.

Suburb
is an affluent suburb of Windhoek, the capital of .

Suburb
is a suburb in the south of Windhoek, , in the parliamentary constituency. It was developed in the second half of the 20th century as a white community, with the previous black residents being expelled to .

Suburb
is a suburb of 's capital of Windhoek in the Khomas Region. Founded as Windhoek's residential area for Coloured people, still is primarily composed of Coloured people.

Windhoek

Latitude
-22.5776° or 22° 34′ 39″ south
Longitude
17.0773° or 17° 4′ 38″ east
Population
326,000
Elevation
1,700 metres (5,577 feet)
IATA airport code
WDH
United Nations Location Code
NA WDH
Open location code
5F9VC3CG+XW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 33364833
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
3352136
Wiki­data ID
Q3935
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In Other Languages

From Adyghe to Zulu—“Windhoek” goes by many names.
  • Adyghe: “Виндхук”
  • Afrikaans: “Windhoek”
  • Albanian: “Uindhuk”
  • Albanian: “Vindhoek”
  • Amharic: “ዊንድሁክ”
  • Arabic: “ويندهوك”
  • Aragonese: “Windhoek”
  • Armenian: “Վինդհուկ”
  • Asturian: “Windh.oek”
  • Asturian: “Windhoek”
  • Asturian: “Windḥoek”
  • Asturian: “Windhuk”
  • Azerbaijani: “Vindhuk”
  • Balinese: “Windhoek”
  • Bashkir: “Виндхук”
  • Basque: “Windhoek”
  • Belarusian: “Віндхук”
  • Belarusian: “Ўіндгук”
  • Bengali: “উইন্ডহুক”
  • Bosnian: “Windhoek”
  • Breton: “Windhoek”
  • Bulgarian: “Виндхук”
  • Catalan: “Windhoek”
  • Cebuano: “Windhoek (ulohang dakbayan)”
  • Cebuano: “Windhoek”
  • Central Kurdish: “ویندھوک”
  • Chechen: “Виндхук”
  • Chinese: “Windhoek”
  • Chinese: “温得和克”
  • Chinese: “溫得和克”
  • Chinese: “溫荷克”
  • Croatian: “Windhoek”
  • Czech: “Windhoek”
  • Danish: “Windhoek”
  • Dutch: “Windhoek”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ويندهوك”
  • Esperanto: “Vindhuko”
  • Estonian: “Windhoek”
  • Extremaduran: “Windhoek”
  • Faroese: “Windhoek”
  • Fiji Hindi: “Windhoek”
  • Finnish: “Windhoek”
  • French: “Windhoek”
  • French: “ߣߊߡߓߌ߫ ߞߎߓߋߛߏ”
  • Ga: “Otjomuise”
  • Ga: “Windhoek”
  • Ga: “Windhök”
  • Ga: “Windhuk”
  • Ga: “ǀAi-ǁGams”
  • Galician: “Windhoek”
  • Georgian: “ვინდჰუკი”
  • German: “Windhoek”
  • German: “Windhuk” (historical)
  • Greek: “Βίντχουκ”
  • Greek: “Γουίντχουκ”
  • Guarani: “Vindúke”
  • Gujarati: “વિન્ડહોક”
  • Haitian: “Windoèk”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Windhoek”
  • Hausa: “Windhoek”
  • Hebrew: “וינדהוק”
  • Hindi: “विंडहॉक”
  • Hindi: “विंडहोक”
  • Hindi: “विण्डहोक”
  • Hungarian: “Windhoek”
  • Icelandic: “Windhoek”
  • Ido: “Windhoek”
  • Inari Sami: “Windhoek”
  • Indonesian: “Windhoek”
  • Interlingua: “Windhoek”
  • Interlingue: “Windhoek”
  • Irish: “Windhoek”
  • Italian: “Windhoek”
  • Japanese: “ウィントフック”
  • Japanese: “ヴィントフック”
  • Javanese: “Windhoek”
  • Kabardian: “Виндхук”
  • Kabiyè: “Findɔkɩ”
  • Kabiyè: “Windɔkɩ”
  • Kabyle: “Windhoek”
  • Kannada: “ವಿಂಡ್ಹೋಎಕ್”
  • Kazakh: “Виндхук”
  • Kirghiz: “Виндхук”
  • Kongo: “Windhoek”
  • Korean: “빈트후크”
  • Kotava: “Windhoek”
  • Latin: “Windhoek”
  • Latvian: “Vindhuka”
  • Ligurian: “Windhoek”
  • Limburgan: “Windhoek”
  • Lingala: “Windhoek”
  • Lingua Franca Nova: “Windhoek”
  • Lithuanian: “Vindhukas”
  • Livvi: “Vindhuk”
  • Lombard: “Windhoek”
  • Low German: “Windhuk”
  • Lower Sorbian: “Windhoek”
  • Luxembourgish: “Windhoek”
  • Macedonian: “Виндхук”
  • Malagasy: “Windhoek”
  • Malay: “Windhoek”
  • Malayalam: “വിൻഡ്ഹോക്ക്”
  • Maltese: “Windhoek”
  • Marathi: “विंडहोक”
  • Mazanderani: “ویندهوک”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Windhoek”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Windhoek”
  • Minangkabau: “Windhoek”
  • Mingrelian: “ვინდჰუკი”
  • Moksha: “Виндгук”
  • Mongolian: “Виндхук”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “ڤيندهوك”
  • N'Ko: “ߥߌ߲ߘߑߤߍߞ”
  • Nauru: “Windhoek”
  • Navajo: “Nástłʼah Biiʼ Naayolí”
  • Northern Frisian: “Windhoek”
  • Northern Sami: “Windhoek”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Windhoek”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Windhoek”
  • Norwegian: “Windhoek”
  • Novial: “Windhuk”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Windhoek”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Windhōc”
  • Ossetian: “Виндхук”
  • Panjabi: “ਵੰਟਹੁਕ”
  • Panjabi: “ਵਿੰਟਹੁਕ”
  • Papiamento: “Windhoek”
  • Pennsylvania German: “Windhoek”
  • Persian: “ویندهوک”
  • Picard: “Windhoek”
  • Piemontese: “Windhoek”
  • Polish: “Windhuk”
  • Portuguese: “Vinduque”
  • Portuguese: “Windhoek”
  • Pushto: “ویندهوک”
  • Romanian: “Windhoek”
  • Russia Buriat: “Виндхук”
  • Russian: “Виндхук”
  • Santali: “ᱣᱤᱱᱰᱳᱭᱮᱠ”
  • Santali: “ᱩᱭᱤᱱᱰᱦᱳᱠ”
  • Sardinian: “Windhoek”
  • Scots: “Windhoek”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Windhoek”
  • Serbian: “Windhök”
  • Serbian: “Windhuk”
  • Serbian: “Виндхук”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Windhoek”
  • Shona: “Windhoek”
  • Silesian: “Windhuk”
  • Sindhi: “ونڊھوئڪ”
  • Sinhala: “වින්ඩ්හෝක්”
  • Skolt Sami: “Windhoek”
  • Slovak: “Windhoek”
  • Slovenian: “Windhoek”
  • Slovenian: “Windhuk”
  • Somali: “Windhoek”
  • South Azerbaijani: “ویندهوک”
  • Southern Sotho: “Windhoek”
  • Spanish: “Windhoek”
  • Swahili: “Windhoek”
  • Swedish: “Windhoek”
  • Tachelhit: “Windhuk”
  • Tagalog: “Windhoek”
  • Tajik: “Виндхук”
  • Tajik: “Виндҳук”
  • Tamil: “விந்தோக்”
  • Tatar: “Виндһук”
  • Telugu: “వింఢోక్”
  • Thai: “วินด์ฮุก”
  • Tibetan: “ཝིན་ཌི་ཧོཡིཀ།”
  • Turkish: “Windhoek”
  • Udmurt: “Виндхук”
  • Ukrainian: “Віндгук”
  • Urdu: “ونڈہوک”
  • Urdu: “وینٹہوک”
  • Urdu: “وینڈ ہوک”
  • Uzbek: “Vindxuk”
  • Uzbek: “Windhoek”
  • Venetian: “Windhoek”
  • Veps: “Vindhuk”
  • Vietnamese: “Windhoek”
  • Volapük: “Windhoek”
  • Võro: “Windhoek”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Windhoek”
  • Welsh: “Windhoek”
  • Western Frisian: “Windhoek”
  • Western Frisian: “Wynhoeke”
  • Western Mari: “Виндхук”
  • Western Panjabi: “ونڈہوک”
  • Wu Chinese: “溫得和克”
  • Yiddish: “ווינטהוק”
  • Yoruba: “Windhoek”
  • Yue Chinese: “溫荷克”
  • Zeeuws: “Wind’oek”
  • Zulu: “i-Windhoek”
  • Zulu: “Windhoek”
  • “Windhoek”

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