| Official Name: | Kelafo |
| Other Name: | Au Calif |
| Settlement Type: | Town |
| Pushpin Map: | Ethiopia |
| Pushpin Label Position: | left |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within Ethiopia |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Ethiopia |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Somali |
| Subdivision Type2: | Zone |
| Subdivision Name2: | Gode |
| Population As Of: | 2005 |
| Population Total: | 14,242 |
| Timezone: | EAT |
| Utc Offset: | +3 |
| Coordinates: | 5.5889°N 44.2056°W |
| Elevation M: | 233 |
Kelafo (Somali: Qalaafe; in Somali pronounced as /qalaːfe/, Amharic: ቀላፎ|translit=Qällafo) is a town in eastern Ethiopia. Located in the Gode Zone of the Somali Region, this town has a latitude and longitude of 5.5889°N 44.2056°W and an elevation of 233 meters above sea level.
The regional successor to the Muslim states of Ifat and Adal, the Ajuran Sultanate,[1] governed its territories from Qalafo along the upper Shabelle River in eastern Ogaden until its decline in the 17th century.[2]
The UN-OCHA-Ethiopia website provides details of the health clinic in Kelafo, which was built in 1991 with funds and equipment provided by the Australian government.[3] Kelafo is served by an airport (ICAO code HAKL), and a bridge across the Shebelle River which was scoured in the May 1995 floods.[4]
Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, this town has an estimated total population of 14,242, of whom 7,522 are men and 6,720 are women.[5] The 1997 census reported this town had a total population of 9,551 of whom 4,970 were men and 4,581 women. The largest two ethnic groups reported in this town were the Somali (96.85%), and the Amhara (1%); all other ethnic groups made up 2.15% of the population.[6] It is the largest town in Kelafo woreda.