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Melka Jebdu
Dire Dawatown
Demographic figures from Ethiopian Statistical Service. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Overview
Melka Jebdu, a town in Dire Dawa, Ethiopia, forms part of the country's settled landscape. Its coordinates of 9.618°, 41.784° place it in the equatorial zone of the northern hemisphere. Detailed population figures are not currently catalogued in the open data sources we track. Solar-resource estimates put the area at about 2,316 kWh/m² of solar irradiance per year with sunshine for roughly 91% of daylight hours. Based on its equatorial position, residents likely encounter hot and humid year-round with little seasonal temperature variation. Further detail — demographics, climate, nearby amenities and natural-hazard data — is compiled below from public open-data sources.
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History & geography
Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
Air quality
Walkability
Amenities nearby
Wildlife & biodiversity
Most-observed species
- Black KiteMilvus migrans (Boddaert, 1783) · Aves9
- Rock PigeonColumba livia J.F.Gmelin, 1789 · Aves5
- Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus (Desfontaines, 1789) · Aves4
- Black-billed BarbetLybius guifsobalito Hermann, 1783 · Aves3
- Sacred IbisThreskiornis aethiopicus (Latham, 1790) · Aves3
- Speckled PigeonColumba guinea Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves3
- Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves3
- Hooded VultureNecrosyrtes monachus (Temminck, 1823) · Aves2
Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
Earthquake history
Most recent
- M 4.3 — 2022-03-0870 km NNW of Dire Dawa, Ethiopia
- M 4.4 — 2021-10-27101 km ENE of Gewan?, Ethiopia
- M 4.6 — 2021-10-24Ethiopia
- M 4.5 — 2021-10-1868 km NW of Dire Dawa, Ethiopia
- M 4.5 — 2021-10-1552 km NNW of Dire Dawa, Ethiopia
- M 4.2 — 2021-04-2310 km NNW of Harar, Ethiopia
Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).
Photos
Sights & places nearby
Notable people from here






People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
Nearby airports
Public attention
Books about this place
Recent natural events nearby
Ground air-quality sensors
Recently spotted species
Events
Gallery
Sources
- • Wikidata
- • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
- • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org