Shilabo
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Shilavo ሺላቮ |
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 Shilavo
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| Coordinates: 6°6′N 44°46′E / 6.100°N 44.767°E | |
| Country | Ethiopia |
| Region | Somali |
| Zone | Korahe |
| Elevation | 395 m (1,296 ft) |
| Population (2005) | |
| • Total | 7,239 |
| Time zone | EAT (UTC+3) |
Shilavo (Somali: Shilaabo; also spelled "Scilave", "Shelabo") is a town of the Ethiopian part of the Ogaden. Located in the Korahe Zone of the Somali Region, the town has a latitude and longitude of 6°06′N 44°46′E / 6.100°N 44.767°ECoordinates: 6°06′N 44°46′E / 6.100°N 44.767°E with an elevation of 395 meters above sea level. it is the administrative center of Shilavo woreda.
Dr G. Agge passed through the area in the 1930s, and later wrote that he encountered groves of acacia trees around a spring of brackish and sulphurous water. Some ten years previous to his arrival, there had been a fight between Somali and Italian soldiers, and bones of the dead could be seen in the grass. The details about the battle were contradictory: one source claims they were Somali that the Italians had hunted down and killed, while another claimed that the Somali had slaughtered the Italians. By June 1935, the Ethiopian government had installed a garrison of 200 soldiers at Shilavo.
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