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Currently, the distribution area extends mainly to rural areas in central Namibia and the cities of Windhoek and Swakopmund.According to various sources, 16,000–25,000 speakers (L1 and L2; 2012), [5] or almost 20,000 German native speakers (2011) [6] in 4,359 households in Namibia. [7]
German family in Keetmanshoop, 1926. Today, English is the country's sole official language, but about 30,000 Namibians of German descent (around 2% of the country's overall population) and possibly 15,000 black Namibians (many of whom returned from East Germany after Namibian independence) still speak German or Namibian Black German, respectively. [1]
The station was from 2012 to 2014 and is since February 2020 located at Maerua Mall in Windhoek. In between, Hitradio Namibia broadcast from its own broadcasting centre in Windhoek-Suiderhof. Hitradio Namibia targets the German speaking audience in Namibia and abroad. Windhoek and surrounds: FM 99.5; Central Coast (e.g. Swakopmund, Walvis Bay ...
The following is a list of the countries and territories where German is an official language (also known as the Germanosphere). It includes countries that have German as (one of) their nationwide official language (s), as well as dependent territories with German as a co-official language.
Windhoek (/ ˈ w ɪ n d h ʊ k /; Afrikaans: [ˈvəntɦuk] ⓘ; German: [ˈvɪnthʊk] ⓘ) 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.
There are about 500,000 German speakers and around 320,000 Volga-Germans alone, of which 200,000 hold German citizenship. This makes Argentina one of the countries with the largest number of German speakers and is second only in Latin America to Brazil. In the 1930s there were about 700,000 people of German descent. [28]
This is a list of diplomatic missions in Namibia. At present, the capital city of Windhoek hosts 34 embassies/high commissions. Map of diplomatic missions in Namibia
As of 2015 Namibia has thirteen cities, each of them governed by a municipality council that has between 7 and 15 seats. Compared to towns, cities have the authority to set up facilities like public transport, housing schemes, museums, and libraries without the approval of the Minister of Urban and Rural Development.