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The administrative area consists of the Office of the President, the offices of cabinet members and 200 president staff offices. Separate from the office block, are a guest house for visiting heads of state, two apartments for more state visitors, as well as the residence of the president. Other
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buildings are garages and accommodation for police forces and security personnel. Opposite the main gate on the other side of the road are two helipads. Scattered on the park-like grounds are animal replicas (e.g. kudu and elephants) made of copper.
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According to unofficial estimates, the construction cost was between 413.2 million and 600 million Namibian dollars. Forty Namibian subcontractors and suppliers were involved in the project. Another 100 Namibians were working on the project.
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The site covers 25 hectares and is fenced off by a two-kilometer long steel fence. At each corner of the fence, there are darkened glass towers and large guard rooms
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from September 2002 to March 2008, a total of 66 months. It is one of four major public works projects Mansudae constructed in Namibia, the other three being
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In the entrance hall is a painting of the members of the first Namibian cabinet, including Sam Nujoma, Hifikepunye Pohamba,
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decided that the old state house would be used as the residence and office of the
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and built over a period of 66 months. In September 2002, at the end of his term,
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The Old State House is located on Robert Mugabe Avenue in the
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State House of Namibia

Windhoek
Namibia
Coordinates
22°35′29″S 17°06′04″E / 22.5913°S 17.1011°E / -22.5913; 17.1011
Mansudae Overseas Projects

official residence
President of Namibia
Auasblick
Windhoek
Mansudae Overseas Projects
North Korea
Heroes' Acre
Okahandja Military Museum
Independence Memorial Museum
Namibian dollars
North Korean
Mansudae Overseas Projects
Sam Nujoma
Hifikepunye Pohamba
Kim Yong-nam
Supreme People's Assembly of North Korea
Hage Geingob
Theo-Ben Gurirab
Ben Amathila
Libertina Amathila
Hidipo Hamutenya
Gert Hanekom

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