Katutura is a township

Township (South Africa)

In South Africa, the term township and location usually refers to the urban living areas that, from the late 19th century until the end of Apartheid, were reserved for non-whites . Townships were usually built on the periphery of towns and cities...

 of Windhoek

Windhoek

Windhoek is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Namibia. It is located in central Namibia in the Khomas Highland plateau area, at around above sea level. The 2001 census determined Windhoek's population was 233,529...

, Khomas Region

Khomas Region

Khomas is one of the thirteen regions of Namibia. It contains the capital city Windhoek and provides for this reason superior transportation infrastructure. It has well-developed economical, financial, and trade sectors. Khomas Region occupies 4.5% of the land area of Namibia but has the highest...

, Namibia

Namibia

Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia , is a country in southern Africa whose western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and east. It gained independence from South Africa on 21 March...

. Katutura was created in 1961 following the forced removal of Windhoek's black population from the Old Location

Old Location

The Old Location was an area segregated for Black residents of Windhoek, the capital of Namibia. It was situated in the area of today's suburb Hochland Park....

, which afterwards was developed into the suburb Hochland Park

Hochland Park

Hochland Park is a residential suburb in Windhoek, the capital of Namibia. It is named after the German Khomas Hochland, the central-Namibian plateau area in which Windhoek is situated....

. Sam Nujoma Stadium, built in 2005, is located within Katutura. Katutura Community Radio

Katutura Community Radio

Katutura Community Radio is a Community radio station based in Katutura, Windhoek, Khomas Region, Namibia.-History and mission:Launched in 1995, KCR aims to give a "platform for bottom-up, participatory communication, education, debate, advocacy and lobbying and to give residents of marginalized...

, a community-based radio station, also operates from the township. Katutura State Hospital

Katutura State Hospital

Katutura State Hospital is a hospital in Katutura, the black township of Windhoek, Namibia. It is one of two State Hospitals in the Windhoek area. In November 2008, the hospital installed a new solar water-heating system as part of a major renovation campaign....

, one of two State Hospitals in the Windhoek area, is located in the township.

Constituencies

The political consistuencies located within Katutura are:

• Katutura East
  Katutura East
  Katutura East is a constituency in the Khomas Region of Namibia. Its population is 17,737. It consists of the extensions 1, 6, and 19 of the suburb Katutura, a township within Windhoek that was founded by the then Apartheid government of Namibia for black people in the 1950s.The first councillor...
  
  
• Katutura Central
  Katutura Central
  Katutura Central is a constituency in the Khomas Region of Namibia, comprising the extensions 2-5 and 7-11 of the suburb Katutura. its population is 21,243...
  
  

See also

• Khomasdal
  Khomasdal
  Khomasdal is a suburb of Namibia's capital of Windhoek in the Khomas Region. Founded as Windhoek's residential area for Coloured people, Khomasdal still is primarily composed of Coloured people....
  
  , a township of Windhoek for Coloured
  Coloured
  In the South African, Namibian, Zambian, Botswana and Zimbabwean context, the term Coloured refers to an heterogenous ethnic group who possess ancestry from Europe, various Khoisan and Bantu tribes of Southern Africa, West Africa, Indonesia, Madagascar, Malaya, India, Mozambique,...
  
   Namibians
• Katutura Community Radio
  Katutura Community Radio
  Katutura Community Radio is a Community radio station based in Katutura, Windhoek, Khomas Region, Namibia.-History and mission:Launched in 1995, KCR aims to give a "platform for bottom-up, participatory communication, education, debate, advocacy and lobbying and to give residents of marginalized...
  
  
• Herero Mall
  Herero Mall
  Herero Mall is an informal business area in the Katutura suburb of Windhoek, the capital of Namibia. It is situated in Clemens Kapuuo Street and has been established in 2003. The area was initially used by the Paramount chief of the Herero as a meeting venue. Over the years small businesses started...
  
  , an informal shopping area in Katutura
• Greenwell Matongo Community Library
  Greenwell Matongo Community Library
  The Greenwell Matongo Community Library is situated in the Greenwell Matongo area of Katutura, a township of Windhoek, Namibia. The name derives from a freedom fighter Greenwell Matongo who fought for the liberation of Namibia....
  
  , a public library