Mustahil
Coordinates: 5 ° 15 ' N , 44 ° 44' E
Mustahil (also Moustahil or Mustahil ; Amharisch ሙስታሂል, Somali Mustaxiil ) is the capital of the same Woreda Mustahil in the Gode zone in the Somali region of Ethiopia . It is located on the Shabelle River near the Somali border .
According to the Central Statistics Agency of Ethiopia, Mustahil had 7,774 inhabitants in 2005. In 1997, 99.5% of the 5,207 inhabitants were Somali . The most important clan are the Habar-Gedir- Hawiye .
Mustahil was repeatedly affected by floods on the Shabelle, including in 1997, 1999, 2003 and 2006.
In 1978, Mustahil remained under the control of Somali troops even after Somalia's defeat in the Ogaden War , as did the nearby border town of Ferfer , Geladin and Shilabo .
In March 2009, the separatist Ogaden National Liberation Front announced that it had captured Mustahil and was fighting over Kalafo and Warder , killing over 80 Ethiopian soldiers. The Ethiopian government, however, reported that the ONLF fighters were on the run.
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- ↑ Central Statistical Agency : 2005 National Statistics, Section – B Population ( 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; 51.8 MB), 1998
- ^ Frederic Vigneau, UNDP Emergencies Unit for Ethiopia: Gode and Kalafo zones Region 5 (Somali) , 1994
- ^ UNDP-Emergencies Unit for Ethiopia: Relief Operations in the Somali Region: Report on the Aftermath of Flooding in the Gode Area , 1997
- ^ UNDP-EUE: Situation Report for Ethiopia, October - November 1999
- ^ Ethiopia: Thousands affected by heavy flooding in south , in: IRIN News, May 6, 2003
- ↑ Ethiopia: Stagnant water hampering aid efforts in flood-hit areas , in: IRIN News, November 15, 2006
- ^ Gebru Tareke: The Ethiopia-Somalia War of 1977 Revisited , in: International Journal of African Historical Studies 33, 2002 (p. 660)
- ↑ Ethiopia ONLF rebels 'seize town' , in: BBC News, March 9, 2009
