Welwel, Ethiopia

Welwel, Ethiopia

Welwel (also transliterated Walwal; Italian Ual-Ual), is a town in eastern Ethiopia known as the Ogaden. Located in the Werder Zone of the Somali Region, this town has a longitude and latitude of coord|7|03|N|25|24|E|display=inline,title with an elevation of 570 meters above sea level.

Welwel was the oasis in Ethiopia where a border clash occurred in 1935 between the Kingdom of Italy and Ethiopian Empire. Benito Mussolini used this incident as a pretext to invade Ethiopia, which led to the Second Italo-Abyssinian War.

Records at the Nordic Africa Institute website provide details of a test oil well drilled at Welwel by Sinclair Oil in 1955, and about Fitawrari Wolde Amanuel primary school in Welwel during the year 1968. [ [http://130.238.24.99/library/resources/dossiers/local_history_of_ethiopia/vw/ORTWEL.pdf "Local History in Ethiopia"] (pdf) The Nordic Africa Institute website (accessed 14 August 2008)]

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