Kuisebmond is a

township A township is a kind of human settlement or administrative subdivision, with its meaning varying in different countries. Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Ca ...

of Walvis Bay,

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, named after the Kuiseb River. With a population of 40,000, most residents of Walvis Bay live in the area. During the

apartheid era Apartheid (, especially South African English: , ; , "aparthood") was a system of institutionalised racial segregation that existed in South Africa and South West Africa (now Namibia) from 1948 to the early 1990s. Apartheid was ...

, the area was reserved for Black Namibians who worked in Walvis Bay. In 2008 Kuisebmund had the second highest

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infection rate in the country. Kuisebmond Stadium, home to

Eleven Arrows The Eleven Arrows are a professional Namibian football club from Walvis Bay. They play in the country's highest division, the Namibia Premier League. Achievements *Namibia Premier League: 1 ::1991 *NFA-Cup: 1 ::2011 Performance in CAF competit ...

and Blue Waters football clubs, is located in the suburb.

References

Walvis Bay Shanty towns in Namibia {{Namibia-geo-stub