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'''Zoo Park''' is a [[public park]] on [[Independence Avenue (Windhoek)|Independence Avenue]] in downtown [[Windhoek]], [[Namibia]].<ref>[http://www.namibiana.de/index.cfm?action=ViewDetails&itemid=579 Namibiana Buchdepot: Buch, Bücher, Karten, Video, CD, DVD, Reiseführer, Geschichte, Antiquariat, Flora, Fauna, Kunst, Kultur, Gesellschaft, Botswana, Südafrika, Sambia, Malawi, Simbabwe, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Kolonie, Mission<!-- Bot generated title -->]{{dead link|date=July 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> It is also a focal point of social life in the city. <ref name="theafricanmagazin.org">[http://www.theafricanmagazin.org/namprehistory.php The African Magazine:Earliest evidence of human habitation in the heart of the capital city Windhoek revisited<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080327121120/http://www.theafricanmagazin.org/namprehistory.php |date=March 27, 2008 }}</ref> The current park is tastefully landscaped and features a pond, children's playground and open-air theatre.<ref>[http://www.sa-venues.com/regions/attractionsna/windhoek.htm#Zoo%20Park Windhoek Attractions, Namibia<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091125152058/http://www.sa-venues.com/regions/attractionsna/windhoek.htm#Zoo%20Park |date=November 25, 2009 }}</ref><br />
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==History==<br />
===Pre-history===<br />
The remains of an [[elephant]] 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.<ref name="theafricanmagazin.org"/><br />
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===Colonial===<br />
The area known as '''Schutztruppe Memorial''' in the past, was designated by the [[German colonial empire|German colonial authorities]] in 1897 in what was then [[German South West Africa]], to honour the German soldiers who died in the war against Namaqua leader [[Hendrik Witbooi (Namaqua chief)|Hendrik Witbooi]]. 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 [[Fidel Castro]] St. (then Kaiser Strasse and Peter Müller Strasse). In 1967, the park was renamed in honour of [[Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd|Dr. Hendrik Verwoerd]], the architect of [[Apartheid]]. In February 1989, with independence and majority rule just 13 months away, the park was renamed to its current title.<ref name="theafricanmagazin.org"/><br />
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===Independence===<br />
In August 2006, a suggestion by the group Africawise Namibia suggested that the park should be renamed in honour of Pan-Africanist [[Marcus Garvey]].<ref name="theafricanmagazin.org"/><br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Windhoek]]<br />
*[[Khomasdal]]<br />
*[[Katutura]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Parks in Namibia]]<br />
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