Dire Dawa

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Dire Dawa

Total population

398,000

Coordinates9.59°, 41.86°

Demographic figures from Ethiopian Statistical Service. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Dire Dawa is a city in eastern Ethiopia near the Oromia Region and Oromo border and one of two chartered cities in Ethiopia. Dire Dawa alongside present-day Sitti Zone were a part of the Dire Dawa autonomous region of the Somali Region stipulated in the 1987 Ethiopian Constitution until 1993 when it was split by the federal government into a separately administered chartered city.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.