Humbe
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commune and town
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  Humbe Location in Angola | |
| Coordinates: 16°41′05″S 14°54′08″E / 16.68472°S 14.90222°E / -16.68472; 14.90222 | |
| Country |  Angola |
| Province | Cunene |
| Municipality | Ombadja |
| Elevation | 1,110 m (3,640 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (WAT) |
| Climate | BSh |
Humbe is a town and commune in the municipality of Ombadja, province of Cunene, Angola.
It also used to be the location of a Roman Catholic mission station in southern Angola, located approx. 10 km northeast of Xangongo, in the tribal area of the Ombadja tribe of the Ovambos. It was located on a tributary of the Kunene River, flowing into this river from the north.
Humbe was established in ca. 1882, after the Catholics had made a failed attempt to establish themselves near the Finnish mission station of OlukondainOndonga, Ovamboland, in 1879, and then in Omaruru, Hereroland, further south in South West Africa in 1882.[1]
The attempts of the Portuguese to subjugate the Ovambos of Ombadja and Oukwanyama were initially unsuccessful, and 1904 they suffered a massive defeat at the Cunene river. In response, the Portuguese established Forte Roçadas in 1906 in what is now Xangongo, not far from Humbe.[2]
16°41′05″S 14°54′08″E / 16.68472°S 14.90222°E / -16.68472; 14.90222
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