Kelafo

Kelafo
Au Calif
Town
Kelafo is located in Ethiopia
Kelafo
Kelafo
Location within Ethiopia
Coordinates: 5°35′20″N 44°12′20″E / 5.58889°N 44.20556°E / 5.58889; 44.20556
CountryEthiopia
RegionSomali
ZoneGode
Elevation
233 m (764 ft)
Population
 (2005)
 • Total
14,242
Time zoneUTC+3 (EAT)

Kelafo (Somali: Qalaafe; Somali pronunciation: [qalaːfe], Amharic: ቀላፎ, romanized: Qällafo) is a town in eastern Ethiopia. Located in the Gode Zone of the Somali Region, this town has a latitude and longitude of 05°35′20″N 44°12′20″E / 5.58889°N 44.20556°E / 5.58889; 44.20556 and an elevation of 233 meters above sea level.

The regional successor to the Muslim states of Ifat and Adal, the Ajuran Sultanate,[1] governed its territories from Qalafo along the upper Shabelle River in eastern Ogaden until its decline in the 17th century.[2]

The UN-OCHA-Ethiopia website provides details of the health clinic in Kelafo, which was built in 1991 with funds and equipment provided by the Australian government.[3] Kelafo is served by an airport (ICAO code HAKL), and a bridge across the Shebelle River which was scoured in the May 1995 floods.[4]

  1. ^ Njoku, Raphael Chijioke (2013-02-20). The History of Somalia. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. p. 40. ISBN 978-0-313-37858-4. The Ajuuraan state is regarded as the successor to its more influential and resilient predecessors such as the Adal and Ifat
  2. ^ Cassanelli, Lee V. (1975). "Migrations, Islam, and politics in Somali Benaadir, 1500-1843". In Marcus, Harold G.; Schoonmaker, Kathleen M. (eds.). Proceedings of the First United States Conference on Ethiopian Studies, Michigan State University, 2-5 May, 1973. African Studies Center, Michigan State University. pp. 101–115.
  3. ^ Frederic Vigneau, "Field Report of Gode and Kalafo zones" Archived 2010-10-08 at the Wayback Machine, UN-OCHA website, August 1994 (accessed 26 February 2009)
  4. ^ "Update on Response to Floods of Gode Zone", UN-EUE June 1995 (accessed 26 February 2009) Archived October 8, 2010, at the Wayback Machine