Bale Province, Ethiopia
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Bale ( Oromo: Baalee;
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: ባሌ), also known as Bali, is the name of a former province of eastern Ethiopia with its capital city at Bale Robe.


History

Bale was considered the domain of the
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until Menelik's conquest of the kingdom in 1887 and consequently became incorporated into modern Ethiopia from thereon. The modern province was created in 1960 out of the province of Harerge south of the Shebelle by the
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regime. The lowlands of both Bale and Harerge encompassed Ethiopia's portion of the Ogaden. According to Ulrich Braukämper, this new province created in the 20th century is not be conflated with the historical province of
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which was minuscule and only comprised the north eastern part of the modern region. Beginning in 1963, Waqo Gutu led a
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which at one point involved all of Bale. The Ethiopian military was not able to put it down until 1969. Waqo Gutu did not offer his surrender until February of the following year, and afterward was granted a commission in the Ethiopian Army. With the adoption of the constitution in 1995, Bale was divided between the
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and
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s of Ethiopia.


Topography

Arid plains, highland plateaus, woodlands, and mountain ranges are all part of Bale's diversified topography. There are many climates and ecosystems, which produce a wide range of
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and
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, including numerous endemic species. The Wabe Shebelle River, which marks Bale's northern boundary, has carved out numerous deep canyons that serve as physical barriers to the surrounding regions. Bale is divided from the southern Guji and Borana regions by the Genale River, which forms part of the southern boundary. Other important rivers in the area include the Weib, Welmel, and Dumal.


See also

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Bale Zone Bale Zone (Oromo language, Oromo: Godina ''Baalee'') is a Zones of Ethiopia, zone in Oromia Region of Ethiopia. Bale is bordered on the south by the Ganale Dorya River which separates it from Guji Zone, on the west by the Shashamane, on the nort ...
* Bale (historical region) *
Oromo people The Oromo people (, pron. ) are a Cushitic peoples, Cushitic ethnic group native to the Oromia region of Ethiopia and parts of Northern Kenya. They speak the Oromo language (also called ''Afaan Oromoo''), which is part of the Cushitic language ...
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Somali people The Somali people (, Wadaad: , Arabic: ) are a Cushitic ethnic group and nation native to the Somali Peninsula. who share a common ancestry, culture and history. The East Cushitic Somali language is the shared mother tongue of ethnic Som ...
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Harar Harar (; Harari language, Harari: ሀረር / ; ; ; ), known historically by the indigenous as Harar-Gey or simply Gey (Harari: ጌይ, ݘٛىيْ, ''Gēy'', ), is a List of cities with defensive walls, walled city in eastern Ethiopia. It is al ...


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