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Windhoek, Khomas Region, Namibiai
Regional Level Types
WindhoekCity
Khomas RegionRegion
NamibiaCountry

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Type:
Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Windhoek268,132 (2017)
Katutura21,243 (2018)
Mindat Locality ID:
24408
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:24408:7
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
Windhoek, Khomas, Namibie
German:
Windhoek, Khomas, Namibia
Italian:
Windhoek, regione di Khomas, Namibia
Russian:
Виндхук, Кхомас, Намибия
Simplified Chinese:
温得和克, 霍馬斯區, 纳米比亚
Spanish:
Windhoek, Khomas, Namibia
Adyghe:
Виндхук, Намибие
Afrikaans:
Windhoek, Khomas, Namibië
Albanian:
Uindhuk, Namibia
Amharic:
ዊንድሁክ, ናሚቢያ
Arabic:
ويندهوك, إقليم خوماس, ناميبيا
Armenian:
Վինդհուկ, Նամիբիա
Asturian:
Windḥoek, Namibia
Azeri:
Vindhuk, Namibiya
Basque:
Windhoek, Namibia
Belarusian:
Віндхук, Намібія
Belarusian (Tarashkevitsa):
Ўіндгук, Намібія
Bengali:
উইন্ডহুক, খুমাস অঞ্চল, নামিবিয়া
Bosnian:
Windhoek, Namibija
Breton:
Windhoek, Namibia
Bulgarian:
Виндхук, Кхомас, Намибия
Catalan:
Windhoek, Namíbia
Cebuano:
Windhoek , Khomas, Namibya
Central Kurdish/Sorani:
ویندھۆک, نامیبیا
Chechen:
Виндхук, Намиби
Croatian:
Windhoek, Khomas, Namibija
Czech:
Windhoek, Namibie
Danish:
Windhoek, Khomas Region, Namibia
Dutch:
Windhoek, Khomas, Namibië
Esperanto:
Vindhuko, Namibio
Estonian:
Windhoek, Khomasi ringkond, Namiibia
Faroese:
Windhoek, Khomas, Namibia
Farsi/Persian:
ویندهوک, منطقه کوماس, نامیبیا
Fiji Hindi:
Windhoek, Namibia
Finnish:
Windhoek, Khomas, Namibia
Galician:
Windhoek, Namibia
Georgian:
ვინდჰუკი, კჰომასის რეგიონი, ნამიბია
Greek:
Βίντχουκ, Κόμας, Ναμίμπια
Guarani:
Vindúke, Namívia
Gujarati:
વિન્ડહોક, ખોમાસ પ્રદેશ, નામીબિયા
Haitian:
Windoèk, Namibi
Hakka:
Windhoek, Namibia
Hausa:
Windhoek, Namibiya
Hebrew:
וינדהוק, נמיביה
Hill Mari:
Виндхук
Hindi:
विंडहोक, खोमास प्रदेश, नामीबिया
Hungarian:
Windhoek, Namíbia
Icelandic:
Windhoek, Namibía
Ido:
Windhoek, Namibia
Indonesian:
Windhoek, Wilayah Khomas, Namibia
Interlingua:
Windhoek, Namibia
Interlingue:
Windhoek, Namibia
Irish Gaelic:
Windhoek, An Namaib
Japanese:
ウィントフック, ホマス州, ナミビア
Javanese:
Windhoek, Namibia
Kabardian:
Виндхук, Намибие
Kabiye:
Findɔkɩ, Namibi
Kabyle:
Windhoek, Namibya
Kannada:
ವಿಂಡ್ಹೋಎಕ್, ಖೊಮಾಸ್ ಪ್ರದೇಶ, ನಮೀಬಿಯ
Kongo:
Windhoek, Namibia
Korean:
빈트후크, 호마스주, 나미비아
Kyrgyz:
Виндхук, Намибия
Latin:
Windhoek, Namibia
Latvian:
Vindhuka, Khomasas reģions, Namībija
Limburgian:
Windhoek, Namibië
Lingala:
Windhoek, Namibia
Lithuanian:
Vindhukas, Chomaso regionas, Namibija
Lombard:
Windhoek, Namibia
Low Saxon/Low German:
Windhuk, Namibia
Lower Sorbian:
Windhoek, Namibija
Luxembourgish:
Windhoek, Namibien
Macedonian:
Виндхук, Намибија
Malagasy:
Windhoek, Namibia
Malay:
Windhoek, Khomas Region, Namibia
Malayalam:
വിൻഡ്ഹോക്ക്, നമീബിയ
Marathi:
विंडहोक, खॉमस प्रदेश, नामिबिया
Min Dong Chinese:
Windhoek, Namibia
Mingrelian:
ვინდჰუკი, ნამიბია
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Windhoek, Namibia
Mongolian:
Виндхук, Намиби
Nahuatl:
Windhoek, Namibia
Nauruan:
Windhoek, Namibiya
Northern Frisian:
Windhoek, Khomas, Namiibia
Norwegian:
Windhoek, Khomas, Namibia
Norwegian (Nynorsk):
Windhoek, Namibia
Novial:
Windhuk, Namibia
Occitan:
Windhoek, Namibia
Ossetian:
Виндхук, Намиби
Papiamento:
Windhoek, Namibia
Pennsylvania German:
Windhoek, Namibien
Piedmontese:
Windhoek, Namibia
Polish:
Windhuk, Khomas, Namibia
Portuguese:
Windhoek, Khomas, Namíbia
Punjabi:
ਵੰਟਹੁਕ, ਨਮੀਬੀਆ
Romanian:
Windhoek, Regiunea Khomas, Namibia
Russia Buriat:
Виндхук, Намиби
Scots:
Windhoek, Namibie
Scottish Gaelic:
Windhoek, Naimibia
Serbian:
Виндхук, Намибија
Serbo-Croatian:
Windhoek, Namibija
Shona:
Windhoek, Namibia
Silesian:
Windhuk, Namibijo
Sinhalese:
වින්ඩ්හෝක්, කොමාස් කලාපය, නැම්බියාව
Slovak:
Windhoek, Namíbia
Slovenian:
Windhoek, Namibija
Somali:
Windhoek, Namibiya
South Azerbaijani:
ویندهوک, نامیبیا
Swahili:
Windhoek, Mkoa wa Khomas, Namibia
Swedish:
Windhoek, Khomas, Namibia
Tagalog:
Windhoek, Namibia
Tajik (Cyrillic Script):
Виндхук, Намибия
Tamil:
விந்தோக், கஹோமஸ் பகுதி, நமீபியா
Tatar:
Виндһук, Намибия
Telugu:
వింఢోక్, ఖోోమాస్ ప్రాంతం, నమీబియా
Thai:
วินด์ฮุก, โคมาส, ประเทศนามิเบีย
Tibetan (Standard):
ཝིན་ཌི་ཧོཡིཀ།, ན་མི་བྷི་ཡ།
Traditional Chinese:
溫荷克, 霍馬斯區, 納米比亞
Turkish:
Windhoek, Khomas, Namibya
Udmurt:
Виндхук, Намибия
Ukrainian:
Віндгук, Кхомас, Намібія
Urdu:
ونڈہوک, خوماس علاقہ, نمیبیا
Uzbek (Latin Script):
Vindxuk, Namibiya
Venetian:
Windhoek, Namibia
Veps:
Vindhuk, Namibii
Vietnamese:
Windhoek, Khomas, Namibia
Volapük:
Windhoek, Namibiyän
Võro:
Windhoek, Namiibia
Waray:
Windhoek, Namibia
Welsh:
Windhoek, Namibia
West Frisian:
Wynhoeke, Namybje
Western Punjabi:
ونڈہوک, صوبہ خوماس, نمیبیا
Wu Chinese:
溫得和克, 納米比亞
Yiddish:
ווינטהוק, נאמיביע
Yoruba:
Windhoek, Nàmíbíà


Capital city of Namibia. The mineral windhoekite is named after it.

List of minerals for each chemical element

Fossils

There are 6 fossil localities from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

These data are provided on an experimental basis and are taken from external databases. Mindat.org has no control currently over the accuracy of these data.

Occurrences6
Youngest Fossil Listed541 Ma (Cambrian)
Oldest Fossil Listed635 Ma (Neoproterozoic)
Stratigraphic Units
UnitNo. OccurrencesAge
Nama - Dabis - Kliphoek3635 - 541 Ma (Neoproterozoic)
Fossils from RegionClick here to show the list.
Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Ernietta
genus
Animalia : Petalonamae : Ernietta635 - 541 Ma
Neoproterozoic
Pteridinium
genus
Animalia : Petalonamae : Pteridinium635 - 541 Ma
Neoproterozoic
Rangea
genus
Animalia : Petalonamae : Rangea635 - 541 Ma
Neoproterozoic
Rangea schneiderhoehni
species
Animalia : Petalonamae : Rangea : Rangea schneiderhoehni635 - 541 Ma
Neoproterozoic
Fossil LocalitiesClick to show 1 fossil locality

Other Databases

Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windhoek
Wikidata ID:Q3935
GeoNames ID:3352136


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