The National Heroes Acre
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The National Heroes Acre (Heroes Acre) is an official war memorial of the government of Namibia. Built less than 10-acre (0.040 km2) outside the capital of Windhoek, Heroes Acre opened on 26 August, 2002 and operates for the purpose of "foster(ing) a spirit of patriotism and nationalism, and to pass on the legacy to the future generations of Namibia". Mansudae Overseas Projects, a company from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), was given a N$60 million contract from Namibia to build the 732-acre (2.96 km2) monument. The contract was awarded to Mansudae Overseas Projects without any competitive tendering process. In May 2005, a report in The Namibian noted that Heroes Acre was "already showing signs of decay". In particular, a bronze statue of a soldier had suffered damage, as had the plinth on which it stood. Some of the gold-coloured letters forming an inscription on the plinth were broken or missing, and the letters were "made of a cement-like substance, which had been painted gold and then glued to the plinth".
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