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Timeline of Windhoek

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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Windhoek, Namibia.

Prior to 20th century

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20th century

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1900s

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1910s

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1920s

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1930s

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1940s

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  • 1946 - Population: 14,929.[13]

1950s

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  • 1951 - Population: 20,490.[13]
  • 1958 - Library/museum/archives building constructed.[5]
  • 1959 - 10 December: Ethnic unrest.[12]

1960s

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1970s

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1980s

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  • 1981 - Population 96,057[16]

1990s

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21st century

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2000s

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2010s

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c Desch-Obi 2003.
  2. ^ a b c d Cybriwsky 2013.
  3. ^ a b "History of Windhoek". Windhoekcc.org.na. City of Windhoek. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
  4. ^ "Namibia". Political Chronology of Africa. Political Chronologies of the World. Europa Publications. 2001. ISBN 0203409957.
  5. ^ a b Schlettwein 1975.
  6. ^ "About Us". National Museum of Namibia. Windhoek. Archived from the original on 27 December 2005.
  7. ^ a b "Interesting Facts About Windhoek". Windhoekcc.org.na. City of Windhoek. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
  8. ^ a b "Namibia: Directory". Africa South of the Sahara 2003. Regional Surveys of the World. Europa Publications. 2003. ISBN 9781857431315. ISSN 0065-3896.
  9. ^ "British Empire: Union of South Africa: Protectorate of South-West Africa". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921. pp. 239+ – via Internet Archive. Windhuk
  10. ^ "Why the Name: Windhoek?". 2018-05-23.
  11. ^ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Namibia". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
  12. ^ a b c Melber 2016.
  13. ^ a b "Population of capital city and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1955. New York: Statistical Office of the United Nations. pp. 171–184. South West Africa
  14. ^ "Republic of South Africa: South West Africa", Statesman's Yearbook, London: Macmillan & Co., 1963. via Google Books
  15. ^ Rogers, Barbara (1972). "Namibia's General Strike". Africa Today. 19 (2): 3–8. ISSN 0001-9887. JSTOR 4185227.
  16. ^ "Namibia: Regions, Cities & Urban Localities - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information".
  17. ^ a b Petrus Angula Mbenzi (2009), Management of Place Names in the Post-Colonial Period in Namibia (PDF), United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names, Working Papers
  18. ^ a b "Namibia: Windhoek". Emporis.com. Hamburg: Emporis GmbH. Archived from the original on July 29, 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  19. ^ United Nations Department for Economic and Social Information and Policy Analysis, Statistics Division (1997). "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". 1995 Demographic Yearbook. New York. pp. 262–321. {{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  20. ^ Victor Tonchi; et al. (2012). Historical Dictionary of Namibia (2nd ed.). Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-5398-0.
  21. ^ "Namibia". World Prison Brief. Birkbeck, University of London. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
  22. ^ a b "Urban population by Census years (2001 and 2011)", Namibia 2011: Population and Housing Census Main Report, Windhoek: Namibia Statistics Agency
  23. ^ Mayoral Report 2016.

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