Windhoek
Capital of the Republic of Namibia
Also known as Otjomuise · Windhuk · ǀAi-ǁGams · Windhök
- Country
- Located in
- Population
- 486,169(2023)
- , 431,000(2020)
- , 395,000(2016)
- +4 more
- Area
- 5.13B m²
- Elevation
- 1,650 m
- Head of government
- Sade Gawanas(since 2021)
- , Muesee Kazapua(2014–2019)
- , Agnes Kafula(2012–2014)
- +10 more
- Founded
- 1840
- Postal code
- 10000
- , 10005
- , 10015
- +1 more
Overview
Over time
Dated values recorded in Wikidata, each with its own source
All data
126 statements · 24% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations
- Twinned administrative body
- Berlin(since 2000)
- Shanghai(since 1996)
- Richmond(since 1998)
- Wetzlar
- Trossingen
- Bremen(since 2000)
- Douala
- Harare
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- Gaborone(since 2001)
- Havana(since 2001)
- Vantaa
- Brazzaville
- Otjiwarongo
- Nanjing(since 2015)
- San Antonio(since 2016)
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Sources- 1.sanantonio.gov/portals/0/files/IRO/2016-WindhoekSisterCityAgreement.pdf
- 2.sanantonio.gov/IRO/Official-Global-Relationships/Sister-Cities
- 3.windhoekcc.org.na/documents/Council%20Meeting%20Speech%2007%20May%202015.pdf
- 4.windhoekcc.org.na/documents/a74_city_of_whk_annual_report_201718.pdf
- Kadoma(since 2018)
- Johannesburg(since 2018)
- Native label
- Windhoek
- Windhoek pronunciation audio: Af-Windhoek.oga
- Windhuk
- Otjomuise
- ǀAi-ǁGams
- Demonym
- Windhoekien applies to part: masculine singular
- Windhoekienne applies to part: feminine singular
On other databases
58 identifiers linking Windhoek across the web's reference databases
- ArchINFORM location ID8389
- BBC Things ID9c8c8786-2707-4ea2-81b2-a5c8e679a711
- Bibliothèque nationale de France ID14549030h
- BlackPast.org IDglobal-african-history/windhoek-namibia-1840
- Canadiana Name Authority IDncf12006350
- CERL Thesaurus IDcnl00030566
- Curlie IDRegional/Africa/Namibia/Localities/Windhoek/
- Encyclopædia Britannica Online IDplace/Windhoek
- Encyclopædia Universalis IDwindhoek
- Facebook location ID110760338952883
- Facebook usernamecowmunicipality
- FactGrid item IDQ93611
- FAST ID1213670
- Freebase ID/m/0ftq7
- GeoNames ID3352136
- GitHub topicwindhoek
- GND ID4079332-1
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana IDwindhoek
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)0072275
- Great Norwegian Encyclopedia IDWindhoek
- Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)1914704
- Grove Art Online IDT091819
- Hikr waypoint ID144145
- IdRef ID072308443
- Instagram usernamecowmunicipality
- Interlingual Index IDi82630
- J9U entity ID987007564543405171
- Lex IDWindhoek
- Library of Congress Authorities IDn81062586
- LinkedIn company or organization IDcity-of-findhoek
- Museum-digital place ID21109
- MusicBrainz area ID99f70a21-ab3a-4586-8ce1-b409c8f49a7c
- National Library of Iceland ID000077312
- National Library of Israel ID (old)000985445
- NL CR AUT IDge612716
- OmegaWiki Defined Meaning6618
- Online PWN Encyclopedia ID3996489
- OpenStreetMap relation ID8650326
- OSM Name Suggestion Index IDcityofwindhoek-1c76ba
- Quora topic IDWindhoek-Namibia-1
- RKD thesaurus ID59863
- SNARC IDQ1502
- SubredditWindhoek
- UN/LOCODENAWDH
- VIAF cluster ID159456107
- Vikidia article IDfr:Windhoek
- Wellcome Collection concept IDxazqtm69
- Who's on First ID1141909361
- WikiKids IDWindhoek
- WOEID1466719
- WordNet 3.1 Synset ID08717947-n
- World Historical Gazetteer place ID12346246
- WorldCat Entities IDE39PBJgHdrr7gk4D6WqxJ7QQbd
- X (Twitter) usernameCoWMunicipality
- Yale LUX IDplace/944d28d4-4d50-4bed-860d-027c97b71e50
- YouTube channel IDUCrrrVjl4mA96LmQpyJJsLYw
- YouTube handlecowmunicipality9492
- YSO ID187161