Amakali211037737

OMUGULUGWOMBASHE VILLAGE

Omugulugwombashe is a settlement in the Tsandi electoral constituency in the Omusati Region of northern Namibia. Ongulumbashe is the most important village located deep in the north few kilometres from Tsandi Constituency. In this place you can find many Trees such as Mopane trees and many others. The name was derived from the greek word omugulu means the legs, and Ombashe means Giraffe.

HISTRY

During the apartheid

This is where the first armed battle between the PLAN and the South African fighters took place in the in the early 1966/06/26, when the eight helicopters of the South African Defense Force attacked SWAPO guerrilla fighters at Omugulugwombashe training Camp. At the time of attack there were only 17 PLAN fighters in the camp. It was the first armed battle in the Namibian War of Independence. Among those PLAN fighters captured and imprisoned were:LAN). The group under Nankudhu had just started to build defensive structures.

DEVELOPMENT

The settlement features a clinic and a primary school. Omugulugwombashe was a training camp established in June 1966 by commander John Ya Otto Nankudhu of the People's Liberation Army of Namibia.

The official commemoration of Heroes' Day at Omugulugwombashe itself would take place after every five years. Futhermore the ministry of mines and energy it shows its willingness of bringing the development in tne area by electrifying all the instutions and Churchs in this Location within a short period of time. A national monument has been erected here as a symbol of pride and remembrance of our heroes and heroines.

GEOGRAPHY

climate

Omugulugwombashe is the dry area, with a high temperature.

REFERENCES

Dierks, Klaus. "Chronology of Namibian History, 1966". klausdierks.com. Retrieved 24 June 2011.
^ "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.
^ "Namibian War of Independence 1966-1988". Armed Conflict Events Database. Retrieved 30 November 2009.
^ "John Ya Otto Nankudhu passes on". New Era (NAMPA). 22 June 2011.

Add topic