Kombat

This article is about the settlement in Africa. For the military rank of the Soviet Red Army, see Combat (military rank).

Kombat
Kombat Location in Namibia
Coordinates: 19°43′S 17°43′E
Country	Namibia
Region	Oshikoto Region
Time zone	South African Standard Time (UTC+1)

Kombat is a small settlement at the southern margin of the Otavi Mountainland in northern Namibia. It lies on the road between Otavi and Grootfontein. It was founded around a copper mine that was operated for many years during and before the 1970s 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 place 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.^{[citation needed]} 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 principal economic activity in the area is the raising of cattle.