17°46′04″S 14°42′11″E / 17.76778°S 14.70306°E Omugulugwombashe (also: Ongulumbashe, official: Omugulu gwOombashe; Otjiherero: giraffe leg[1]) is a settlement in the Tsandi electoral constituency in the Omusati Region of northern Namibia. The settlement features a clinic and a primary school.[2] In 1966, the first battle of the South African Border War was fought in Omugulugwombashe. The government of Namibia erected a monument on the 30th anniversary of the battle in 1996.[3]
Omugulugwombashe is located 22km west of Tsandi, on the D3633 gravel road.[4]
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- ^ "Presidential and National Assembly Elections 2009". Supplement to several Namibian newspapers. Electoral Commission of Namibia. November 2009.
- ^ "Government Gazette No. 3679". Government of Namibia. 15 August 2006. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 30 November 2009.
- ^ Livia Pack; Peter Pack (2013). Namibia. DuMont Reiseverlag. p. 400. ISBN 978-3-7701-6715-9.