Windhoek (nam)

Windhoek

Windhoek ranks 4,727th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Saint Boniface, Winnipeg, Ponta Delgada, and St. Joseph, Michigan. Memorable people born in Windhoek include Frankie Fredericks, Michelle McLean, and Collin Benjamin. Memorable people who died in Windhoek include Sam Nujoma, Theo-Ben Gurirab, and Hage Geingob. Windhoek has been the birth place of many athletes, and cyclists and the death place of many politicians. Windhoek is located in Namibia.

Windhoek is the capital and largest city of Namibia. 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, is constantly growing due to a continued migration from other regions in Namibia. Read more on Wikipedia