Derwernache

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Derwernache
Dharwanaaje (Somali)
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Derwernache
Location in Ethiopia
Coordinates: 9°49′47.6″N43°01′54.7″E / 9.829889°N 43.031861°E / 9.829889; 43.031861 Coordinates: 9°49′47.6″N43°01′54.7″E / 9.829889°N 43.031861°E / 9.829889; 43.031861
CountryFlag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia
Region Somali Region
District Awbare, Fafan Zone
Time zone UTC+3 (EAT)
Climate BSh

Derwernache (Somali : Dharwanaaje) is a town in eastern Ethiopia. Located in the Fafan Zone of the Somali Region, this town has an elevation of 1402 meters above sea level.

The UNHCR reports that in 2000 they assisted in the digging of a couple of relatively shallow wells at this settlement. [1]

Demographics

The inhabitants of this town are primarily of the Jibriil Yoonis clan of the Makahiil subclan of the Gadabuursi Dir clan. [2]

Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, this town has an estimated total population of 135,645, of whom 102,327 are men and 33,318 are women. [3] The 1997 census reported this town had a total population of 123,891 of whom 67,768 were men and 56,123 women. The largest ethnic groups reported in this town were the Somali Gadabuursi(99.47%), ; all other ethnic groups made up 0.53% of the population. [4] It is a major town in the Awbare district.

Notes

  1. "Local History in Ethiopia" [ permanent dead link ], The Nordic Africa Institute website (last accessed 16 February 2008)
  2. Ambroso, Guido (August 2002). Pastoral society and transnational refugees: population movements in Somaliland and eastern Ethiopia. UNHCR Brussels. Darwonaji is dominated by the Jibril Younis Gadabursi, but is more mixed at the Gadabursi sub-clan level.
  3. CSA 2005 National Statistics Archived November 23, 2006, at the Wayback Machine , Table B.4
  4. 1994 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia: Results for Somali Region, Vol. 1 Archived November 19, 2008, at the Wayback Machine Tables 2.4, 2.14 (accessed 10 January 2009). The results of the 1994 census in the Somali Region were not satisfactory, so the census was repeated in 1997.

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