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the Harewa side to the northeast of the city by night. Despite losing three tanks to landmines en route, they launched a ground and air assault the following day. Initially caught off guard, the Ethiopians had anticipated the attack on Jijiga instead. The battle was fierce, but it was ultimately the Ethiopian air force that shattered the Somali resolve by destroying sixteen of their tanks. By day's end, the attackers had exhausted their strength and retreated, leaving behind a trail of abandoned equipment, including tanks, armored cars, rocket launchers, artillery pieces, as well as hundreds of rifles and machine guns, all proudly displayed by the Ethiopian forces. According to Gebru Tareke, the success of the
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affected the city in many ways. Starting March 1974, there was some worker unrest; six people were wounded when police opened fire on demonstrating railwaymen and students on 17 April. Many Europeans, Yemeni Arabs, and Indians left Dire Dawa; the Greek and Armenian churches were eventually closed due
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celebrated their meeting on the railway station of Dire Dawa. The Italians constructed several new buildings in Dire Dawa, especially for the administration and the Fascist party. They also improved the roads and enlarged the airport so that their military planes could take off from there to bomb the
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On 24 June 2002, a small explosive was detonated at the headquarters of the Ethiopian Railway Commission in Dire Dawa. The Oromo Liberation Front afterwards claimed responsibility for this attack in retaliation "for the continuing harassment of Oromo students, merchants, and farmers by the Ethiopian
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Currently, there are plans to revitalize the city. A historic and popular part of the city is to be demolished and replaced by a financial center, malls, mixed-use buildings, hotels, recreational facilities, and hospitals. As part of the plan, historical buildings will be renovated, and a new space
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by Somali troops in the summer of 1977. Opposing them were the Second Militia Division, the 201st Battalion, the 781st Battalion of the Seventy-eighth Brigade, the Fourth Mechanized Company, and one platoon of the Eightieth Tank Battalion, with only two tanks. On August 17 the Somalis moved in from
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In June 1940 the British started to bomb the town and on 29 March 1941 Dire Dawa was liberated by the Allied forces from Harar. The town remained under British Military Administration, being the headquarters for the British Reserved Area, till it was handed over to the Ethiopian government in 1947.
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During the 1920s, the south-eastern part of the town also started to develop. Its inhabitants were mostly Somali and Oromo, the other Ethiopians playing only a minor role. The population here grew to 3,000, while that of the whole town numbered 20,000. Between the two World Wars, two hospitals were
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For financial and diplomatic reasons the railway was not continued until 1909 and the final inauguration of the whole line from Djibouti to Addis Ababa-again delayed by the revolution of 1916-only took place on 7 June 1917. During all this time, Dire Dawa was practically the town profited much and
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of Ethiopia (CSA), Dire Dawa had a population of 341,834, of whom 171,461 were men and 170,461 women. 233,224 or 68.23% of the population were urban inhabitants. For all of Dire Dawa, 76,815 households were counted living in 72,937 housing units, which resulted in an average of 4.5 persons per
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to Dire Dawa, killed 41 people 4 March 2009. The truck was carrying an unknown number of day laborers when the accident happened, and 38 were immediately killed and as many as 50 were injured. Dead and injured were taken to Dil-chora Hospital in Dire Dawa. The cause was not immediately known.
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accepted (in a later dated 5 November 1896) that the first part of the line might finish at a village at the foot of the mountains, which should be named Addis Harar ("New Harrar"). The railway reached this location on 24 December 1902, a date which may be considered the day of Dire Dawa's
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took hold of the town. Though Lij Iyasu's governor there, the Syrian Hasib al-Idlibi, assured their security, 400 Europeans left the town and the rail traffic had to be suspended. After the battle of Maeso, the governmental troops from Addis Ababa re-established a regular administration.
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established in Dire Dawa, one by the railway company and another in 1934 by the government. Education on a primary level was provided by a government school, a Catholic mission school and several schools for the different foreign communities in the town (Greek, Italian, Indian).
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became a "boom city", attracting most of the trade which formerly passed through Harar. By 1902 the Ethiopian government, anticipating the future economic importance of Dire Dawa, had already transferred the customs station for trade with the Red Sea from Gildessa to Dire Dawa.
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will be allotted for building new homes and businesses for those displaced by the move. New roads, parks, and an industrial zone will also be built, and major railway project is expected to greatly increase business activity in the city.
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patriot forces in the Gara Mulleta. As for other towns, the Italians conceived a "piano regolatore" for the construction of an Italian town in Dire Dawa. However, their occupation ended before they could complete these plans.
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overflowed their banks. About 200 people were reported dead, thousands were displaced and there was extensive damage to homes and markets especially along the Dechatu River. Floods are fairly common during the June–September
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opened its first branch in the city and, a generation later, the writer C.F. Rey described the city as the most "advanced" urban center in the area, with good roads, electric lights, and piped water.
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for Dire Dawa as of 2005 include the following: 11.4% of the inhabitants fall into the lowest wealth quintile; adult literacy for men is 76.6% and for women 53%; and the civic
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The projected population for 1 July 2015 was 440,000 for the entire chartered city and 277,000 for the city proper, making the latter the seventh largest city in Ethiopia.
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Dire Dawa was the inspiration for the fictional town "Debra Dowa", capital of the fictional East African nation "Azania" in the "outrageously un-politically correct tale"
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In the following decades the town greatly expanded and the population grew to 160,000. The infrastructure was ameliorated and several industrial plants were established.
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is 71 infant deaths per 1,000 live births, which is less than the nationwide average of 77; at least half of these deaths occurred in the infants’ first month of life.
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The projected population for 2015 was 440,000 for the entire chartered city and 277,000 for the city proper, making the latter the seventh largest city in Ethiopia.
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On 9 May 1936 Dire Dawa was occupied by Italian troops coming from Harar, after Somali troops from Djibouti had prevented looting during the period of interregnum.
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Dire Dawa moved out of federal administration to become a chartered city in 2004 after the federal parliament approved the city charter in proclamation 416/2004.
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household, with urban households having 4.2 people per household on average, and rural households 4.9 people. Ethnic groups in the region include the
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km by rail from Djibouti), however, is of very recent origin. It owes its foundation to a technical problem: when it became impossible to lay the
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government." Although blamed for other isolated incidents, this was the latest bombing inside Ethiopia for which the OLF claimed responsibility.
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in 1908 and, after a period of financial negotiation and recapitalization, construction began anew, linking the city with the Ethiopian capital
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From top: Dire Dawa Train Station; Dire Dawa Downtown; Street view of Dire Dawa; Kafira Market; Skyline view in afternoon; Bete Mikael Church
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in the southeast. Following all major engagements of the war, Dire Dawa was the location of the meeting of the two Italian forces. General
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and Laga-Oda only a few kilometers from Dire Dawa. The area surrounding Dire Dawa is believed to have been a settlement of the extinct
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Traditionally the Nole Oromo clan used the area as grazing land, and farming in the Laga Harre district. They live alongside the
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until Menelik's conquest of the kingdom in 1887 and consequently became incorporated into modern Ethiopia from thereon.
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in 1917. The Dire Dawa-Harar road was improved in 1928, shortening the travel time to only a few hours. In 1931, the
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Imbert-Vier, S. (2011). Tracer des frontières à Djibouti: Des territoires et des hommes aux XIXe et XXe siècles; p.
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clan which share both Oromo and Somali identities, speaking the Oromo language and tracing their genealogy to the
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MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base "Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) attacked Government target (June 24, 2002, Ethiopia)"
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claimed the city. As a result, there were numerous clashes between the two groups from 1991 until 1993. When the
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was sacked for alleged anti-revolutionary activities. Ten new officials were appointed pending fresh elections.
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Following the restoration of the empire in 1941, Dire Dawa was among the early provincial towns to have its own
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Referencing Dir confederation of Somali clans which inhabit vast area between the Red Sea and Dir Dawa. See
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km northwest of the city centre close to the town of Melka Jebdu. In addition, the city is served by the
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Including the land round Harar and Dire Dawa inhabited by the Somalis of the 'Iise and Gadabuursi clans.
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mainly reside within the urban town and also in the rural areas surrounding the chartered city state.
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factory was also later nationalized. In August 1976, the entire leadership of the local branch of the
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during the medieval times. During the 19th century, the region was considered the domain of the
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on 31 May 1991 and there were reports of about 100 people killed resisting the EPRDF. Both the
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was being established in 1993, it wanted Dire Dawa to be its capital. This was opposed by the
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In May 1979, 250 Oromos who were detained in the prisons of Dire Dawa were executed by the
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announced that the Cotton Company of Ethiopia was among 14 textile enterprises to be fully
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ordered that Addis Ababa and Dire Dawa be spared air attacks (which included the use of
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The region was already inhabited in Mesolithic times, as revealed by rock paintings and
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were a part of the Dire Dawa autonomous region of the Somali Region stipulated in the
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Emirate, Egyptian, Ethiopian: Colonial Experiences in Late Nineteenth-Century Harar
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Italian troops taking possession of the Dire Dawa railway station in 1936
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make up a significant number of urban and rural Dire Dawa, whereas the
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Dire Dawa's dilemma: Sharing power in Ethiopia's eastern melting pot
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Baseline climate means (1961–1990) from stations all over the world
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league. Around 1947, their team—the Taffari—participated in the
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provides inter-city bus service. The taxicabs are often called
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According to the CSA, as of 2004, 90.76% of the population had
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Climate data for Dire Dawa (1991-2020, extremes 1952–present)
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foundation. The new name, however, did not win recognition.
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with its western terminus located in the city centre. The
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Dire Dawa developed into two settlements separated by the
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Dire Dawa lies in the eastern part of the nation, on the
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offers flights to and from the city. Additionally, the
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in holding Dire Dawa (17–18 August 1977) against the
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website, dated 5 March 2009 (accessed 14 April 2009)
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This article is about the city. For other uses, see
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