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About Yabēlo
Yabelo (Oromo: Yaabeelloo) is a town in southern Ethiopia. An alternative name for this town is Obda, which is also the name of a nearby mountain. Located northwest of Moyale in the Borena Zone of the Oromia Region, this town has a latitude and longitude of 4°53′N 38°5′E and an elevation of 1857 meters above sea level. It has been the administrative center of the Borena Zone since its division from Guji Zone in September 2002, as well as Yabelo woreda.
From the Wikipedia article Yabelo (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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History
Yabelo was entered by the Italian Laghi Division on 11 July 1936, but more formally occupied on 6 August 1936 by troops under the command of Giorgio Pollera. 15 tanks from the Yabelo garrison attempted to break through the Allied defenses around Mega, but failed; Yabelo was occupied by the Allies two days after the armored assault on 22 February 1941. The hangar the Italians had built at Yabelo was dismantled in 1952, and transported to Bishoftu by air, where it was re-erected to house the newly acquired Fairey Firefly airplanes from Canada.
From the History section of Yabelo on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Getting there and nearby towns
- Konso 78 km northwest, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Hagere Maryam 85 km north, about 1 h 30 min by car
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Photo credits
- YabeloStreet1, MauritsV, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Borana man carrying a wooden staff in Yabelo, Ethiopia, 2011, Josep M. Gracia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Market street in Yabelo, Ethiopia, 2011, Josep M. Gracia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street scene with horse carts in Yabelo, Ethiopia, 2011, Josep M. Gracia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Group of Borana women in Yabelo, Ethiopia, 2011, Josep M. Gracia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Borana women with braided hairstyles, Ethiopia, 2011, Josep M. Gracia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Bus on a busy street in Yabelo, Ethiopia, 2011, Josep M. Gracia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Busy street scene in Yabelo, Ethiopia, 2011, Josep M. Gracia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Borana woman walking in Yabelo, Ethiopia, 2011, Josep M. Gracia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Fruit stall at Yabelo market, Ethiopia, 2011, Josep M. Gracia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Borana woman carrying a child in Yabelo, Ethiopia, 2011, Josep M. Gracia, CC BY-SA 4.0
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