Humbe

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 st...