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17: 240: 84:. The land was transferred to local authorities in 1911, when it was expanded. Café Zoo, which is still in operation, opened in 1916 after the arrival of South African military control. From 1960 to 1963, the park was reshaped to accommodate the expansion of modern Independence Avenue and 147:
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from between 5,000 and 20,000 years ago were uncovered in the park in 1961, making the elephant kill there one of the earliest known such events in human history.
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In August 2006, a suggestion by the group Africawise Namibia suggested that the park should be renamed in honour of Pan-Africanist
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St. (then Kaiser Strasse and Peter Müller Strasse). In 1967, the park was renamed in honour of
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public park
Independence Avenue
Windhoek
Namibia
elephant
German colonial authorities
German South West Africa
Hendrik Witbooi
Fidel Castro
Dr. Hendrik Verwoerd
Apartheid
Marcus Garvey
Windhoek
Khomasdal
Katutura
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