Khomasdal is a suburb of
Namibia
Namibia (, ), officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa. Its western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Zambia and Angola to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and ea ...
's capital of
Windhoek
Windhoek (, , ) is the capital and largest city of Namibia. It is located in central Namibia in the Khomas Highland plateau area, at around above sea level, almost exactly at the country's geographical centre. The population of Windhoek in 202 ...
in the
Khomas Region. Founded as Windhoek's residential area for
Coloured people, Khomasdal still is primarily composed of Coloured people.
In October 2006, the City of Windhoek announced the construction of an informal market in Khomasdal. The market will give the Khomasdal community the opportunity to generate their own income and even create more jobs in the process. Since then the Market has been finished and is situated on the corner of
Mahatma Gandhi
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and
Hans-Dietrich Genscher streets in Khomasdal.
A similar SME Market can also be found in
Katutura.
Khomasdal is also home to the
Windhoek College of Education, one of four national colleges of education.
Notable people from Khomasdal
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Zenobia Kloppers, actress
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Ricardo Manetti, head coach of the
Brave Warriors
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Robbie Savage, official mascot of the Brave Warriors
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References
Suburbs of Windhoek
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