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Kelafo ((ソマリ語:''Qalaafe'')) is a town in eastern Ethiopia. Located in the Gode Zone of the Somali Region, this town has a longitude and latitude of and an elevation of 233 meters above sea level. 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.〔Frederic Vigneau, ("Field Report of Gode and Kalafo zones" ), UN-OCHA website, August 1994 (accessed 26 February 2009)〕 Kelafo is served by an airport (ICAO code HAKL), and a bridge across the Shebelle River which was scoured in the May 1995 floods.〔("Update on Response to Floods of Gode Zone" ), UN-EUE June 1995 (accessed 26 February 2009)〕 == History == Kelafo had its start in 1923, under the leadership of Fitawrari Semmo. The town had been practically subjected to a siege by rebellious Somali, supported by Italian border soldiers. However, Sultan Orfa of Kelafo arranged the supplies so that the inhabitants did not die from hunger; in memory of this, the settlers tried to rename Kelafo "Wechefo Ketema". Ten years later, Dr Agge visited the town in September, and found it to be the hottest place he had experienced in the Ogaden. Kelafo was situated on a little hill on the southern side of the Shebelle, with a new motorable road and a small ferry. At the foot of the hill there was a settlement, with a palisade, a moat and two gates towards the river.〔("Local History in Ethiopia" ) The Nordic Africa Institute website (accessed 6 December 2007)〕 During the Italian invasion, Sultan Olol Diinle ordered the town burned.〔 During October 1961, the Kelafo was flooded with three meters of water. The Ethiopian Red Cross was amongst the organizations providing aid. The town experienced another flood on 7 May 1967, when a dam on the Shebelle collapsed, covering Kelafo with about 1.5 meters of water, which forced the 3,700 residents to evacuate.〔 After an arrest of Nassir Allah members in 1963, a few avoided capture and made their way to Kelafo where they hoped to find arms. Armed with hand guns, two of this group attacked the policemen guarding the bridge over the Shebelle, killing three and taking two rifles. This act led to a flight of activists and chiefs before the expected reprisals.〔 Early in the Ogaden War, Kelafo was captured by Somali units; it was recaptured 13 March 1978 by the Ethiopian 69th Brigade.〔Gebru Tareke, ("The Ethiopia-Somalia War of 1977 Revisited," ''International Journal of African Historical Studies'' ), 2000 (33), p. 657〕 In 1992, the clan of the Ogaden drove the local Hawiye and associated Rer Bare or Rer shabelle farming groups from Kelafo and the surrounding agricultural area. The refugees found sanctuary and assistance from the Hawiye in Beledweyn. Here the expelled Somali clans regrouped and launched a coordinated attack which brought them back to their settlements in the woreda. After the bloodshed, all groups involved negotiated a peace and agreed to share access to external resources provided to the Hawiye and Reer Bare -- which is reportedly the cause of the conflict.〔("Permanent agricultural settlements along the Webi Shabelle River in the Gode Zone of the Ethiopian Somali National Regional state" ), UNDP Emergencies Unit for Ethiopia report, dated November 1995 (accessed 26 February 2009)〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kelafo」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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