Kalafo
Coordinates: 5 ° 37 ' N , 44 ° 8' E
Kalafo (also Qallaafo , Kallafo , K'elafo and other spellings) is a small town in the Somali region of Ethiopia with 14,242 inhabitants in 2005. It is located on the Shabelle River and is the main town of the Woreda Kalafo in the Gode zone .
Kalafo is repeatedly affected by the Shabelle floods. Historically, like the entire region, it was connected to what is now Somalia . From around 1550 to 1650, Kalafo was the capital of a state of the Somali Ajuran clan , which reached from the coast near Mogadishu via the lower Shabeelle Valley to its commercial center, Hobyo , before it left the city as a result of Portuguese raids, domestic political difficulties and the advance of nomads North experienced a decline.
In 1997, 96.85% of the 9,551 inhabitants were Somali . The Somali in Kalafo are mainly from the Ogadeni- Darod and Hawiye clans, as well as from the ethnic minority of the Rer Bare .
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- ↑ CSA 2005 National Statistics ( Memento of the original dated February 4, 2016 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. , Table B.4 (PDF; 1.8 MB)
- ↑ The 1994 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia: Results for Somali Region, Volume I: Part I. Statistical Report on Population Size and Characteristics ( Memento of the original from September 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and still Not checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF file; 49.4 MB), 1998 (p. 74)
- ↑ UNDP / Ahmed Yusuf Farah: Permanent Agricultural Settlements Along The Webi Shabelle River In Gode Zone Of The Ethiopian Somali National Regional State ( Memento of the original from July 20, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , 1995
