Dire Dawa
Dire Dhawa
ድሬ ዳዋ Dire Dawa | |
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.JPG) Dire Dawa skyline | |
 Flag  Seal | |
| Nickname: Dire Dhawa | |
  Dire Dhawa Location within Ethiopia | |
| Coordinates: 9°36′N 41°52′E / 9.600°N 41.867°E | |
| Country | Ethiopia |
| Region | Dire Dawa |
| Zone | Dire Dawa |
| District | Dire Dawa |
| Founded | 24 December 1902 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Chartered City |
| Area | |
| • City | 1,213 km2 (468 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,276[2] m (4,189 ft) |
| Population (2015) | |
| • City | 440,000[1] |
| • Density | 4,530/km2 (11,700/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 277,000[1] |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (EAT) |
| Area code | (+251) 25 |
| Website | www.dire-dawa.gov.et |
Dire Dawa is one of two chartered cities in Ethiopia. The other chartered city is Addis Ababa, the capital. It is divided administratively into two woredas, the city proper and the non-urban woreda of Cisse.
It is on the Dechatu River. The western outskirts of the city are on the Gorro River.
The Dire Dawa University was created in 2006.
Notable people from Dire Dawa
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Ethiopia: Regions, Major Cities & Towns - Population Statistics in Maps and Charts". Retrieved 9 January 2020.
- ↑ "Maps, Weather, and Airports for Dire Dawa, Ethiopia". Archived from the original on 2014-01-28. Retrieved 2020-04-26.
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