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{{dablink|This article is about city in [[Africa]]. For military rank of the Red Army, see [[Combat (military rank)]]. }}
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'''Kombat''' is a small town at the southern margin of the [[Otavi Mountainland]] in northern [[Namibia]]. It lies on the road between [[Otavi]] and [[Grootfontein]]. The town was founded around a copper mine that was operated for many years during and before the 1970's by [[Tsumeb Corporation Limited]]. The mine is currently (2008) being operated by Weatherly International PLC, a mining house based in London.
The name of the town has nothing to do with "[[combat]]'. It is derived from a native word meaning "the place of the [[giraffe]]" or "giraffes drinking" or a similar expression. The surrounding areas of bush are vast and not densely inhabited and in the early 1970s a few giraffe still roamed freely in the district, along with [[kudu]], [[eland]] and other wild game. Apart from mining, the principle economic activity in the area is the raising of [[cattle]].
== References ==
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* [http://www.fallingrain.com/world/WA/39/Kombat.html FallingRain Map - elevation = 0m]
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