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Katutura, Windhoek — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Katutura is a township of Windhoek, in Khomas Region, created in 1961 after the forced removal of the city's black population from the Old Location.
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Where to stay in Katutura
The right area depends on your trip — here's what each neighbourhood is best for.
Sam Nujoma Stadium and Katutura State Hospital are the two fixed points most visitors to the township are actually heading for, and the rooms that serve them are not gathered around either address. Windhoek holds the hotels. Anyone attending a match, keeping a hospital appointment or calling at Katutura Community Radio tends to book out in the wider city and travel in.
Few places to stay in Katutura — most visitors book in Windhoek nearby.
About Katutura
What are the main landmarks in Katutura?
Three names carry the township. Sam Nujoma Stadium, built in 2005, is the largest of them, while Katutura State Hospital counts as one of the two state hospitals in the Windhoek area. Katutura Community Radio broadcasts from here as well.
No museum or monument is listed beside them.
What is the history of Katutura?
1961 is the year that made Katutura. The township was created following the forced removal of Windhoek's black population from the Old Location, ground that was afterwards developed into the suburb of Hochland Park. Two places, one removal.
Sam Nujoma Stadium went up in 2005, and Katutura State Hospital and Katutura Community Radio are the other institutions the record fixes to the township.
Where is Katutura?
Katutura lies within Windhoek, in the Khomas Region of Namibia, and the Old Location it succeeded lies beneath the suburb of Hochland Park.
Common questions
What is the best area to stay in Katutura?
Windhoek: visitors who want the full range of rooms in Khomas Region behind them.
Updated September 2026