Kombat 3549299 224364342 2008-07-08T15:05:00Z Captainbeefart 727376 Reword {{dablink|This article is about city in [[Africa]]. For military rank of the Red Army, see [[Combat (military rank)]]. }} {{unreferenced|date=January 2008}} {{Location map|Namibia|lat=-19.71666|long=17.7|size=220|caption=Location of Kombat}} '''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 == {{reflist}} * [http://www.fallingrain.com/world/WA/39/Kombat.html FallingRain Map - elevation = 0m] {{coor title dm|19|43|S|17|43|E|region:NA_type:city}} {{Namibia-geo-stub}} [[Category:Cities, towns and villages in Namibia ]] [[es:Kombat]] [[ro:Kombat]]