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OMUGULUGWOMBASHE
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. 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.

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.

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.