Gode
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Godē/ጎዴ Godey |
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 Godē/ጎዴ
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| Coordinates: 5°57′10″N 43°33′06″E / 5.952655°N 43.551579°ECoordinates: 5°57′10″N 43°33′06″E / 5.952655°N 43.551579°E | |
| Country | Ethiopia |
| Region | Somali |
| Zone | Gode |
| Population (2005) | |
| • Total | 68,342 |
| Time zone | EAT (UTC+3) |
Gode (Somali: Godey, Arabic: غودي) is a city in the Ethiopian part of the Ogaden. Located in the Gode Zone of the Somali Region, the city has a latitude and longitude of 5°57′N 43°27′E / 5.950°N 43.450°E. Gode was the capital of the Somali Region from late 1992, to appease the powerful Ogaden clan, until early 1994 when it was moved to Jijiga, which had a better infrastructure and access to communications facilities.
Gode hosts an airport (IATA code GDE), with regular flights by Ethiopian Airlines. A bridge over the Shebelle River was constructed in 1968 next to this city.
Before the start of the Ogaden War, Gode was garrisoned by the 5th Brigade of the 4th Division, distributed around the town in five military camps. Gode's capture near the end of July 1977 by the Western Somali Liberation Front allowed the Somali side to consolidate their hold on the Ogaden, and concentrate their forces on an advance that led to the capture of Jijiga. Although Gode remained in Somali hands at the end of the Ogaden War, Ethiopian units under Brigadier-General Demisse Bulto, commander of the First Revolutionary Army, recovered Gode as part of Operation Lash by November 1980, soviet advisors and cuban troops used the city as one of its three bases to successfully clear the rest of eastern Ethiopia of Somali troops by 3 December. However by this point many in the Somali army joined the liberation front (WSLF) and the conflict continued, albeit without international attention.
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