Iihongo
Iihongo is a settlement in the northern part of Namibia, 25 kilometres 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.- Locality
- …lies at an elevation of around 1,090 metres (3,590 feet)
- Description: village in Namibia
- Category: human settlement
- Location
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Latitude
-18.05036° or 18° 3′ 1″ south
Longitude
16.1579° or 16° 9′ 28″ east
Open location code
5FHRW5X5+V5
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Zulu—“Iihongo” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Iihongo”
- Fulah: “Iihongo”
- Irish: “Iihongo”
- Zulu: “Iihongo”
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