Pioneers Park (also ''Pionierspark'') is a suburb in the south of

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, in the Windhoek West parliamentary constituency. It was developed in the second half of the 20th century as a white community, with the previous black residents being expelled to

Katutura Katutura (Otjiherero for ''The place where people do not want to live'') is a township of Windhoek, Khomas Region, Namibia. Katutura was created in 1961 following the forced removal of Windhoek's black population from the Old Location, which a ...

. The suburb is mainly residential, but also contains the main campus of the

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. Other local facilities include a cemetery and the Catholic Church of St. Boniface, built in 1928, which is now a national monument.

References

External links

www.windhoekcc.org.na
* Pioneerspark Neighbourhood Watch (PPNHW)
www.ppnhw.org
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