Iihongo

Iihongo is a settlement in the northern part of Namibia, 25 kilometres (16 mi) east of Ondangwa. It was founded in 1889. Iihongo was a theater of operations in the Herero Wars, when Nehale ya Mpingana attacked the Germans in 1904 in the Battle of Namutoni.[1]

References

  1. ^ "Schutztruppe German South West Africa Fort Namutoni Northern Outpost Schutztruppe". www.namibia-1on1.com. 2013. Archived from the original on 22 November 2018. Retrieved 16 December 2021. This source gives the year of the battle erroneously as 1905 in three places, but gives the correct date elsewhere.

18°03′S 16°10′E / 18.050°S 16.167°E / -18.050; 16.167


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