Balho
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بالهو Balho |
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| Coordinates | 12 ° 3 ' N , 42 ° 12' E | ||
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| Country | Djibouti | ||
| Tadjoura | |||
| ISO 3166-2 | DJ-TA | ||
Balho ( Arabic بالهو) Is a place in the region Tadjoura in Djibouti , on the border of Ethiopia . The residents are mostly Afar .
Rock paintings have been found near Balho . These were used as stamp motifs in 1974 in what was then the French Afar and Issa territories .
In 1991, three Afar opposition groups joined forces in Balho to form the Front pour la Restauration de l'Unité et de la Démocratie (FRUD), which fought against the government in the Djiboutian civil war . In 1993 the army was able to retake Balho, Dorra and Randa and push the FRUD to the north.
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- ↑ ER Jenkins: Checklist of Postage Stamps Depicting Prehistoric Rock Art , in: The South African Archaeological Bulletin , Volume 32, No. 125 (June 1977), p. 77
- ↑ Arthur S. Banks: Political Handbook of the World 1993 , CSA Publications 1993, ISBN 9780933199095 (p. 224)
- ↑ Minorities At Risk Project: Chronology for Afars in Djibouti ( Memento of the original from January 28, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
