Humbe

Humbe is a town and commune in the municipality of Ombadja, province of Cunene, Angola.

Humbe
commune and town
Humbe Location in Angola
Coordinates: 16°41′05″S 14°54′08″E
Country	Angola
Province	Cunene
Municipality	Ombadja
Elevation	1,110 m (3,640 ft)
Time zone	UTC+1 (WAT)
Climate	BSh

Road to Humbe (EN-105)

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 Olukonda in Ondonga, 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]