Kelafo (woreda)

Kelafo (Somali: Qalaafe) is a woreda in the Somali Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Gode Zone, Kelafo is bordered on the south by the Somalia, on the west by Adadle, on the northwest by Gode, on the northeast by the Korahe Zone, and on the east by Mustahil. The Shebelle River flows through this woreda. The major town in the Kelafo district is Kelafo.

The average elevation in this woreda is 374 meters above sea level.[1] As of 2008, Kelafo has 35 kilometers of all-weather gravel road and 300 kilometers of community roads; about 6.36% of the total population has access to drinking water.[2]

  1. ^ Hailu Ejara Kene, Baseline Survey of 55 Weredas of PCDP Phase II, Part I Archived 2011-07-20 at the Wayback Machine (Addis Ababa: August 2008), Annex 1 (accessed 23 March 2009)
  2. ^ Hailu Ejara Kene, Baseline Survey, Annexes 16, 17