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Awaday
Awwadaay (Oromo)
Town
Country Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia
Region Flag of the Oromia Region.svg  Oromia
Zone East Hararghe
Time zone East Africa Time
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Aweday market

Awaday (Oromo : Awwadaay) is a town located in the East Hararghe Zone of the Oromia, Ethiopia. Awaday is the world's biggest market and exporter of the amphetamine-like leaf khat, a stimulant known as Jimaa locally. Khat is the main cash crop traded 24 hours a day in the town. People used khat to increase awareness and lower fatigue while yielding euphoria. [1] [2]

Awaday is an international hub for khat, from where it is exported to Somalia, Djibouti and the Arabian Peninsula, London, Amsterdam every night. Khat was Ethiopia's fourth largest export, yielding in more than 200 million euros 2013. [3]

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References

  1. Khat is big business in Ethiopia, 10 July 2019
  2. Gudata, Z. G.; Cochrane, L.; Imana, G. (5 November 2019), "An assessment of khat consumption habit and its linkage to household economies and work culture: The case of Harar city", PLOS ONE, 14 (11): e0224606, Bibcode:2019PLoSO..1424606G, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0224606 , PMC   6830813 , PMID   31689323
  3. CHAINED TO KHAT (PDF), n.d.


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