SHILAVO

'Shilavo' (also spelled 'Scilave', 'Shelabo', 'Shīlabē', 'Shilabe', and 'Shilabo') is a village of the Ethiopian part of the Ogaden. Located in the Korahe Zone of the Somali Region, the village has a latitude and longitude of and an elevation of 1295 meters.
Based on 2005 figures from the Central Statistical Agency, this village has an estimated total population of 7,239 of whom 3,877 were males and 3,362 were females.^[1] Predominately inhabited by the Somali, Shilavo is the only settlement in Shilavo woreda.
Shilavo hosts an airport ( IATA code HIL) with an unpaved runway, the destination of scheduled flights by Ethiopian Airlines.
The former President of nearby Somalia, Maj. General Mohamed Siyad Barre (Somali: Maxamed Siyaad Barre), was born in Shilavo, although he later claimed he was born in Garbahaarreey so he would be eligible for the Italian colonial police force.^[2]

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1. CSA 2005 National Statistics, Table B.4
2. David D. Laitin and Said S. Samatar, ''Somalia: Nation in Search of a State'' (Boulder: Westview Press 1987), p. 79

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