Dolow

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4.1542.083333333333Koordinaten: 4 ° 9 ' N, 42 ° 5' O

Doolow, also known as Dolo Dolo Odo or known ( Somali: Doolow, Amharic: ዶሎ Dolo Dolo Odo or ዶሎ ኦዶ ), is a city on the border between the Gedo region in Somalia and the Liben Zone of the Somali Region of Ethiopia.

The village lies on the spot where unite coming from the southern Ethiopian highlands rivers Ganale ( Ganaalee ) and Dawa to Jubba. The Ethiopian part is on one side of the Jubba on a hill, the Somali part lies on the other side.

Doolow 1910 was conquered by Ethiopia, which built a small military station. In October 1935, the city was devastated by the troops Rodolfo Graziani, who then came against Negele Boran. 1938, Doolow according to the Italian occupying power 200 inhabitants. In the second half of the 20th century was home to a significant Doolow Ethiopian garrison against the rebels of the Western Somali Liberation Front, also it served as a base for Ethiopian intervention in Somalia. In the 1980s came around camp for refugees from Somalia, which contributed to the growth of the place.

The Ethiopian 2005 census are for Dolo to 30 970 inhabitants. In 1997, according to Ethiopian Information of 20.762 inhabitants 97.97 % Somali, 0.65% (136 ) Amhara and 0.56 % ( 117) Oromo.

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