battle, Cold War

Battle of Tiro

Name: Battle of Tiro
Location: Tiro Afeta, Ethiopia

Battle of Tiro was a battle fought in 1974 at Tiro Afeta, in what is now Ethiopia. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Tiro Afeta. It was part of the Oromo conflict, which ran from 1973 to 2018. The recorded result: Ethiopian victory.

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Fought1974

WhereTiro Afeta, Ethiopia7.917N, 37.330E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeEthiopian victory

BelligerentsEthiopiaagainstOromo Liberation Army

Part ofOromo conflict1973 to 2018

Record

Date	1974 (year precision)
Place	Tiro Afeta, Ethiopia 7.917N, 37.330E
Kind	Battle, Cold War
Commanders	Elemo Qiltu Ahmad Taqi Sheikh Mohammed Rashid

Placed at Tiro Afeta; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of Embabo 1882, 204 km N
Siege of Saïo 1941, 287 km W
Battle of Faggeta 1769, 385 km N
Battle of Magdala 1868, 432 km NE
Battle of Gur Amba 1852, 495 km N

Elsewhere in 1974

Turkish invasion of Cyprus Cyprus
Battle of the Paracel Islands People's Republic of China
1974 White House helicopter incident United States
Operation Niki Cyprus No Mans Area
Battle of Phuoc Long Vietnam

Battle of Tiro is one of 4,429 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 62 in present-day Ethiopia.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q17027580, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Tiro, revision 1370275557, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.