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Moyale is a city situated on the border between Ethiopia and Kenya. In Ethiopia, it serves as the administrative centre for two Ethiopian woredas: Moyale of the Oromia Region and Moyale of the Somali Region. In Kenya, it is the largest town in Marsabit County and the capital of Moyale sub-county.
Moyale(Oromo: Moyyaalee) is one of the Districts in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia.It is named after the administrative center of the woreda, Moyale.Located in the southeast corner of the Borena Zone, Moyale is bordered on the south by Kenya, on the west by Dire, on the northwest by Arero, on the north by the Dawa River which separates it from Liben, and on the east by Dawa Zone Somali Region.
Moyale is located at the frontier between the traditional territories of the Somali and Oromo peoples living in the southwestern part of Ethiopia. Accordingly, local groups of both Somali and Oromo have a vested interest in the control of the relatively rich pastoral resources in the district and have therefore been in conflict over its control.
The table below shows cities and towns with more than 40,000 inhabitants (from the projection for 2016 by using the 2007 census data). [1] [2] The population numbers are referring to the inhabitants of the cities themselves, suburbs and the metropolitan area outside the city area are not taken into account.
Moyale Airport, Kenya is a civilian airport that serves the town of Moyale and surrounding communities. Situated at 850 metres (2,790 ft) above sea level, [2] the airport has a single asphalt runway which measures 4,265 feet (1,300 m) in length and is of unknown width at this time. [3]
Ethiopia has a federal political arrangement structured along ethno-linguistic lines. The Oromia Region is the largest and most populous state in the country [9] and primarily consists of those of the Oromo ethnic group, the largest ethnic group in the country.
The Moyale clashes were a series of ethnic clashes between Borana and Garre communities in July 2012 in the area of Moyale, Ethiopia, on the border with Kenya.The fighting appeared to be caused by a long-standing dispute over land possession, [1] exacerbated by recent drought conditions.
Districts of Ethiopia, also called woredas (Amharic: ወረዳ; Oromo: Aanaa [1] woreda), are the third level of the administrative divisions of Ethiopia – after zones and the regional states. These districts are further subdivided into a number of wards called kebele neighbourhood associations, which are the smallest unit of local government ...