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By Car The B1, which runs from the north to the south and the B2 (Trans-Kalahari) which runs from the east to the west through Namibia are the primary land routes into Windhoek.

After 1907, development accelerated as indigenous people migrated from the countryside to the growing town to seek work. Colonial Windhoek was founded on 18 October 1890, when von François fixed the foundation stone of the fort, which is now known as the Alte Feste (Old Fortress). The borders of the German colony were determined in 1890 and Germany sent a protective corps, the Schutztruppe under Major Curt von François, to maintain order. A request by merchants from Lüderitzbucht resulted in the declaration of a German protectorate over what was called German South West Africa, which is today Namibia in 1884. Two years later they were driven out by two Methodist Wesleyans, Richard Haddy and Joseph Tindall. Two Rhenish missionaries, Carl Hugo Hahn and Franz Heinrich Kleinschmidt, started working there in late 1842.

He built a stone church that held 500 people it was also used as a school. He and his followers stayed near one of the main hot springs, located in the present-day Klein Windhoek suburb. In 1840 Jonker Afrikaner established an Orlam settlement at Windhoek. Precipitation is abundant during the summer season, and minimal during the winter season. Due to its location near the Kalahari Desert, the city receives 3,605 hours of sunshine. The coldest month is July, with an average temperature of 13.1 ☌ (55.6 ☏), while the hottest month is December, with average temperature 23.5 ☌ (74.3 ☏). The annual average high and low temperature range is 13.4 ☌ (56.1 ☏). The temperature throughout the year would be called mild, due to altitude influence. It experiences a hot semi-arid climate as the annual average temperature is above 18 ☌ (64 ☏). Windhoek has over 300 sunny days per year. This leaves the vast Brakwater area north of town the only feasible place for Windhoek's expansion The southern side is not suitable for industrial development because of the presence of underground aquifers. In southern, eastern and western directions, Windhoek is surrounded by rocky, mountainous areas, which make land development costly. The first known mention of the name Windhoek was in a letter from Jonker Afrikaner to Joseph Tindall, dated 12 August 1844Įxpanding the town area has – apart from financial restrictions – proven to be challenging due to its geographical location. Another theory suggests that Captain Jonker Afrikaner named Windhoek after the Winterhoek Mountains at Tulbagh in South Africa, where his ancestors had lived. Most believe it is derived from the Afrikaans word wind-hoek (wind corner). Theories vary on how the place got its modern name of Windhoek. Nearly every Namibian national enterprise, governmental body, educational and cultural institution is head quartered there. Windhoek is the social, economic, political, and cultural centre of the country.

This is the city where most safaris travelling through Namibia begin, and also the first point of entry in Namibia should you arrive by airplane. It is in the geographic centre of the country at an elevation of 1,600m. Windhoek is Namibia's capital and largest city (population of 400,000).