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Windhoek

City · -22.57, 17.08

Held by

German South West Africa de facto · August 7, 1884 – July 9, 1915 (from the border data)
Union of South Africa de facto · July 9, 1919 – May 31, 1961 (from the border data)
South Africa de facto · May 31, 1961 – March 20, 1990 (from the border data)
Namibia de facto · since March 21, 1990 (from the border data)

Capital of

German South West Africa 1891 – May 1, 1915 From Wikidata (capital, P36)
Namibia since 1990 From Wikidata (capital, P36)