Balho [1] is a small town in the west of Djibouti , in the Tajura region. The administrative center of the same district. The city is located along the highway number 11, at a distance of approximately 5 kilometers from the border with Ethiopia , at an altitude of 238 meters above sea level [2] .
| City | |
| Balho | |
|---|---|
| A country |  Djibouti |
| Region | Tajura (region) |
| History and geography | |
| Center height | 238 m |
| Timezone | UTC + 3 |
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History
In 1991, the three opposition groups of the Afar ethnic group united in Balho on the Front for the restoration of unity and democracy ( fr. Front pour la Restoration de l'Unité et de la Démocratie, FRUD ), which opposed the central government of Djibouti during the civil war of 1991–1994 [3] . In 1993, Balho was occupied by government forces [4] .
Attractions
Rock paintings were discovered in the surrounding mountains, which were later used in the design of postage stamps [5] .
Notes
- ↑ Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Somalia // Peace Atlas / comp. and prepare. to ed. PKO "Cartography" in 2009; Ch. ed. G. V. Pozdnyak . - M .: PKO "Cartography": Onyx, 2010. - p. 150-151. - ISBN 978-5-85120-295-7 (Cartography). - ISBN 978-5-488-02609-4 (Onyx).
- ↑ Physical-geographical data (English)
- ↑ Arthur S. Banks: Political Handbook of the World 1993 , CSA Publications 1993, ISBN 978-0-933199-09-5 (S. 224)
- ↑ Minorities At Risk Project: Chronology for Afars in Djibouti Archived January 28, 2015.
- Jen Jenkins ER: Checklist of Postage Stamps Depicting Prehistoric Rock Art , in South African Archaeological Bulletin , Band 32, No. 125 (Juni 1977), S. 77
Links
- GeoNames (eng.)
- Satellite map at Maplandia.com (English)