Bale Robe

Robe, more commonly known as Bale Robe (in order to differentiate it from other towns in Ethiopia which are also called Robe), is a town and separate woreda in south-central Ethiopia. Located in the Bale Zone of the Oromia Region, this town has a latitude and longitude of 7°7′N 40°0′E / 7.117°N 40.000°E / 7.117; 40.000 with an elevation of 2,492 metres (8,176 ft) above sea level.

It is located about 430 kilometres by road from Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa.

Robe shares Robe Airport (ICAO code HAGB, IATA GOB) with neighboring Goba. Ethiopian Airlines has a scheduled flight four times a week connecting it to the capital Addis Ababa and to the southern city Arba Minch.

The main market day is Thursday, with a smaller market working on Tuesdays. Notable landmarks include the Sof Omar Caves, which lie to the east.

Demographics

The 2007 national census reported a total population for Robe of 44,382, of whom 22,543 were men and 21,839 were women. The majority of the inhabitants said they were Muslim, with 48.08% of the population reporting they observed this belief, while 45.02% of the population practised Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity and 6.13% were Protestant.

Baleč

Coordinates: 42°11′56.39″N 19°28′46.24″E / 42.1989972°N 19.4795111°E / 42.1989972; 19.4795111

Baleč (Italian: Balezo,Albanian: Balec) was a Serbian medieval fortified town near Shkodër in what is now Albania. It was built on the hill whose name was Baleš (later known as it. Balezo or sq. Maja e Balecit). The settlement may have originated in Roman times. During Byzantine rule over the area, it was part of the Dyrrhachium theme. Later it was a seat of a župa of the Kingdom of Duklja, and later still of the Lordship of Zeta. Baleč suffered much damage during the Second Scutari War between the Serbian Despotate and the Republic of Venice. After the Republic of Venice gained control over it at the beginning of the 15th century, its size was reduced to a small pronoia with only 25 houses, and the fortress was abandoned and fell to ruin. Skanderbeg's forces rebuilt the fortress during his war with Venice in 1448 and established a strong garrison in it, but the Venetian forces soon drove them away and demolished the fortress. Ottoman plans to rebuild Baleč and populate it with Turkish settlers were never implemented and Baleč remained in ruins, which can still be seen today.

Bale

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Bale (Konjic)

Bale (Cyrillic: Бале) is a village in the municipality of Konjic, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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Coordinates: 43°31′N 18°17′E / 43.517°N 18.283°E / 43.517; 18.283

Robe

A robe is a loose-fitting outer garment. Unlike garments described as capes or cloaks, robes usually have sleeves. The English word robe derives from Middle English robe ("garment"), borrowed from Old French robe ("booty, spoils"), itself taken from the Frankish word *rouba ("spoils, things stolen, clothes"), and is related to the word rob. There are various types of robes, including:

Robe (woreda)

Robe is one of the woredas in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia. It is named after the Robe River, 80 kilometers of which flows through the woreda. Part of the Arsi Zone, Robe is bordered on the south by the Shebelle River which separates it from the Bale Zone, on the southwest by Sherka, on the west by Tena, on the north by Sude, on the northeast by Amigna, and on the east by Seru. The administrative center of the woreda is Robe; other towns in Robe include Habe and Sedika.

Overview

The altitude of this woreda ranges from 1200 to 4000 meters above sea level. Rivers include 45 kilometers of the Hulull and 40 kilometers of the Wabe; the gorge of the Wabe is a local landmark. A survey of the land in this woreda shows that 51.1% is arable or cultivable, 4.9% pasture, 16.3% forest, and the remaining 27.7% is considered swampy, mountainous or otherwise unusable. Oil seeds, specifically flax, nueg and rape seed, are important cash crops; Robe is one of the major producers of oil seeds in the Zone.

Robe (disambiguation)

A robe is a loose-fitting outer garment.

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