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Kelafo

Also known as Qalaafo

Kelafo, also spelled Qalaafo, is a town on the Shebelle river in the Somali Region of Ethiopia. Somali tradition places one of the centres of the Ajuran Sultanate there, controlling the water and farmland of the upper Shebelle valley. The town and its surrounding farmland have repeatedly suffered from the river's floods.

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Kelafo. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/kelafo
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