Qalaafo
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Kelafo Au Calif |
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 Kelafo
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| Coordinates: 5°35′20″N 44°12′20″E / 5.58889°N 44.20556°ECoordinates: 5°35′20″N 44°12′20″E / 5.58889°N 44.20556°E | |
| Country | Ethiopia |
| Region | Somali |
| Zone | Gode |
| Elevation | 233 m (764 ft) |
| Population (2005) | |
| • Total | 14,242 |
| Time zone | EAT (UTC+3) |
Kelafo (Somali: Qalaafe) is a town in eastern Ethiopia. Located in the Gode Zone of the Somali Region, this town has a latitude and longitude of 05°35′20″N 44°12′20″E / 5.58889°N 44.20556°E 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. Kelafo is served by an airport (ICAO code HAKL), and a bridge across the Shebelle River which was scoured in the May 1995 floods.
The city is one of the oldest in the horn of Africa and became the capital of the Ajuran Sultanate in the 13 century. for hundreds of years it served the powerful Ajuran empire that covered a huge part of Somalia and was connecting the trade routes of the Ogaden and that of Southern Somalia.
For a long time the city was ruled by The Gareen dynasty. The House of Garen was the ruling hereditary dynasty of the Ajuran Sultanate. Its origin lies in the Garen Kingdom that during the 13th century ruled parts of the Ogaden, the Somali region of Ethiopia. With the migration of Somalis from the northern half of the Horn region to the southern half, new cultural and religious orders were introduced that influenced the administrative structure of the dynasty, a system of governance which began to evolve into an Islamic government. Through their genealogical Baraka, which came from the saint Balad (who was known to have come from outside the Garen Kingdom), the Garen rulers claimed supremacy and religious legitimacy over other groups in the Horn of Africa. Balad's ancestors are said to have come from the historical northern region of Barbara.
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