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The Windhoek Public Library is a public library in downtown
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 ...
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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 ...
. Built in 1925, it is located in
Lüderitz Lüderitz is a town in the ǁKaras Region of southern Namibia. It lies on one of the least hospitable coasts in Africa. It is a port developed around Robert Harbour and Shark Island. The town is known for its colonial architecture, includ ...
Street, sharing a building with the ''Owela'' strand of the
National Museum of Namibia The National Museum of Namibia is a historical and zoological museum in Windhoek, the capital of Namibia. Location and description The National Museum is accommodated at three different places in central Windhoek. The ''Owela Display Centre'' (a ...
. From February 2009 to August 2012 the library underwent renovations worth N$ 700,000, which included replacing the carpets with ceramic tiles, adding air conditioning, increasing lighting, and creating a public internet cafe.


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Libraries in Namibia Buildings and structures in Windhoek Education in Windhoek Library buildings completed in 1925 1925 establishments in South West Africa {{Library-struct-stub