 Map of Ethiopia showing Dire Dawa (in red). Dire Dawa (which means “place of Remedy”) is one of two chartered cities (astedader akabibi) in Ethiopia (the other being the capital, Addis Ababa). With a latitude and longitude of 9°35′N 41°52′E, this city is the second largest in Ethiopia. Image File history File links Ethiopia-Dire_Dawa. ...
Ethiopia is divided into 9 ethnically-based administrative regions (kililoch; singular - kilil) and two chartered cities (astedader akababiwach, singular - astedader akabibi), indicated by asterisks: Addis Ababa* Afar Amhara Benishangul-Gumaz Dire Dawa* Gambela Harari Oromia Somali Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples Region Tigray These administrative regions replaced the older system...
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The city is an industrial centre, home to several markets and the Aba Tenna D. Yilma International airport. Dire Dawa lies in the east of the nation, on the Dechatu River, at the foot of a ring of cliffs that has been described as "somewhat like a cluster of tea-leaves in the bottom of a slop-basin."[1] A market is, as defined in economics, a social arrangement that allows buyers and sellers to discover information and carry out a voluntary exchange. ...
The Dechatu River is a tributary of the Awash River in Ethiopia. ...
History Dire Dawa was founded in 1902 after the Addis Ababa - Djibouti Railway reached the area. The railroad could not reach the city of Harar at its higher elevation, so Dire Dawa was built nearby. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2126x1534, 436 KB) Summary Alfred Ilg and his family at the Trainstation in Dire Dawa Ilg left Ethiopia 1906, so this Picture must be at least that old. ...
Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2126x1534, 436 KB) Summary Alfred Ilg and his family at the Trainstation in Dire Dawa Ilg left Ethiopia 1906, so this Picture must be at least that old. ...
The Imperial Railway Company of Ethiopia (often referred to by its French name Compagnie Impériale des Chemins de Fer Éthiopiens) was a semi-private firm founded in 1894 to build and operate a railway across eastern Ethiopia from Addis Ababa to the port of Djibouti in what was at...
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The Imperial Railway Company of Ethiopia (often referred to by its French name Compagnie Impériale des Chemins de Fer Éthiopiens) was a semi-private firm founded in 1894 to build and operate a railway across eastern Ethiopia from Addis Ababa to the port of Djibouti in what was at...
Harar enclosed within the city wall, Jugol Harar (sometimes spelled Harrar or Harer) is an eastern city in Ethiopia, and the capital of the modern Harari ethno-political division (or kilil) of Ethiopia. ...
Soon afterwards, Ras Makonnen, the governor of Harar, ordered the construction of a road from Dire Dawa to Harar, one of the first in this part of the country. This road was substantially improved in 1928 with the aid of foreign engineers and equipment, improving travel times between the two cities from two days to only a few hours.[2] Ras Makonnen (May 8, 1852–March 21, 1906) was a General and the governor of Harar in Ethiopia, and the father to Tafari Makonnen, later known as the Emperor Haile Selassie. ...
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Dire Dawa was separated from the Oromia Region around 1998 to become a chartered city.[3] Map of Ethiopia highlighting the Oromia region. ...
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On June 24, 2002, a small explosive was detonated at the headquarters of the Ethiopian Railway Commission in Dire Dawa. The Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) afterwards claimed responsibility for this attack in retaliation "for the continuing harassment of Oromo students, merchants, and farmers by the Ethiopian government." Although blamed for other isolated incidents, this was the latest bombing inside Ethiopia for which the OLF claimed responsibility.[4] June 24 is the 175th day of the year (176th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 190 days remaining. ...
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The city was flooded in August 2006 when the Dechatu River overflowed its banks. About 200 people were reported dead, thousands were displaced and there was extensive damage to homes and markets. Floods are fairly common during the June-September rainy season; over 200 people in the region had been killed by flooding in 2005 that also did millions of dollars in damage.[5] Look up flood in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...
The Dechatu River is a tributary of the Awash River in Ethiopia. ...
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Demographics Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia (CSA) published in 2005, Dire Dawa has an estimated total population of 398,000, consisting of 199,000 men and 199,000 women. 102,000 or 25.6% of the population are estimated to be rural inhabitants, while 296,000 or 74.4% are urban. With an estimated area of 1,213.20 square kilometers, this chartered city has an estimated density of 328.06 people per square kilometer.[6] The Central Statistical Agency (CSA) is an agency of the government of Ethiopia designated to provide all surveys and censuses for that country used to monitor economic and social growth, as well as to act as an official training center in that field. ...
These estimates are based on the 1994 census, in which the city's population was reported to be 151,864, of which 127,286 were males and 124,578 were females. The percentage of males and females is about 50.5 and 49.5 percent, respectively. The urban residents of the administrative council numbered at the time 173,188 while its rural residents were 78,676. Furthermore, there were 52,245 households in Dire Dawa administrative council with an average of 4.7 persons per household.
The major ethnic groups of the residents of Dire Dawa administrative council are the Oromo (48%), Amhara (27.7%), Somali (13.9%), Gurage (4.5%; 2.3% Sebat Bet, 0.8% Sodo and 1.4% Silt'e), and 5.9% others. Its official language is Amharic. 63.2% of Dire Dawans are Muslim, 34.5% Orthodox Christian, 1.5% Protestant, 0.7% Catholic, and 0.1% followers of other religions. The Oromo, formerly called Galla (this usage has now become pejorative, but was widely used into the 20th century) are an indigenous African ethnic group found in Ethiopia and to a lesser extent Kenya. ...
Amhara (አማራ) is an ethnic group in the central highlands of Ethiopia, numbering about 21 million, making up around 30% of the countrys population (estimates differ). ...
The Gurage are an ethnic group in Ethiopia. ...
Sebat Bet Gurage (also called Central West Gurage, West Gurage, Chaha, Ezha, Gumer, Gura, Gyeto, Muher) is a South Semitic language of Ethiopia (ISO/DIS 639-3: sgw). ...
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Silte (ስáˆáŒ¥áŠ˜ or የስáˆáŒ¤ አá ) is a Semitic language spoken in central Ethiopia, mainly within the Silte zone in the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Region, and by speakers of the language who have settled in Ethiopian cities, especially Addis Ababa. ...
Amharic (አማርኛ) is a Semitic language spoken in Northern Central Ethiopia, where it is the official language. ...
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Pentay or Pentay is a slang term widely used in modern Ethiopia, and among Ethiopians living abroad, to describe Ethiopian Christians who are not members of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church. ...
Economy The CSA of Ethiopia estimated in 2005 that farmers in Dire Dawa had a total 40,400 head of cattle (representing 0.1% of Ethiopia's total cattle), 46,280 sheep (0.27%), 118,770 goats (0.92%), 8,820 asses (0.35%), 5,070 camels (1.11%), 44,740 poultry of all species (0.14%), and 840 beehives (less than 0.1%).[7]
Chairmen of Administrative Council - Dametew Demissie 1990s
- Solomon Hailu 1990s - 2003
- Fisseha Zerihun 2003 - present
(This list is based on information from Worldstatesman.org.)
Notes - ^ C.F. Beckham and G.W.B. Huntingford, Some Records of Ethiopia, 1593-1646 (London: Hakluyt Society, 1954), p. 224 n.1.
- ^ Richard R.K. Pankhurst, An Economic History of Ethiopia (Addis Ababa: Haile Selassie University Press, 1968), pp. 289, 290.
- ^ States of Ethiopia at Statoids
- ^ MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base "Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) attacked Government target (June 24, 2002, Ethiopia)", last accessed 22 April 2006.
- ^ Scores killed in Ethiopia floods, BBC News, 6 August 2006
- ^ CSA 2005 National Statistics, Tables B.3 and B.4.
- ^ CSA 2005 National Statistics, Tables D.3 - D.5.
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