Gashamo

Gashamo Hawd Somali Ethiopia Gashamo Hawd Somali Ethiopia Gashamo Hawd Somali Ethiopia
Gashamo Hawd Somali Ethiopia
Nickname:  Gashamo Hawd Somali Ethiopia
Gashamo Hawd Somali Ethiopia Location within Ethiopia
Coordinates: 8°07′N45°20′E / 8.117°N 45.333°E / 8.117; 45.333
Country	Ethiopia
Region	Somali
Zone	Hawd Zone
Districts	Misrak Gashamo
Somali Region	Gashamo Hawd Somali Ethiopia
Government 08°07′13″N, 45°20′44.99″EGashamo Hawd Somali Ethiopia
• Type	Ahmed Abdi
• Somali Regional State of Ethiopia	Ahmed Abdi Mahamed
Elevation	807 m (2,648 ft)
Population  (2007)
• Total	6,659
Time zone	UTC+3 (EAT)

Gashamo (Somali : Gaashaamo) is a town and the capital of the Misraq Gashamo woreda, in the Somali Region of Ethiopia. It is considered of the Hawd Zone. It is approximately 45km south of the border with Somaliland. ^[1]

Demographics

Based on the 2007 Census conducted by the Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia (CSA), the wider woreda has a total population of 95,191, of whom 52,645 are men and 42,546 women. While 6,659 or 7% are urban inhabitants, a further 20,583 or 21.62% are pastoralists. 98.72% of the population said they were Muslim. ^[2] The town is dominated by the Garhajis Clan.

The 1994 national census reported Gashamo's population was 2,998, ^[3] with a total population for this woreda of 72,574, of whom 39,596 were men and 32,978 were women; 5,231 or 7.21% were urban inhabitants. The largest ethnic group reported in Misraq Gashamo was the Somali people (99.98%). ^[4]

References

1. "Logga in – Google Konton".
2. Census 2007 Tables: Somali Region Archived 2012-03-10 at the Wayback Machine , Tables 2.1, 2.4, 3.1 and 3.4.
3. The 1994 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia: Statistical report. The Authority. 1998. p. 41.
4. 1994 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia: Results for Somali Region, Vol. 1 Archived 2008-11-19 at the Wayback Machine , Tables 2.1, 2.7, 2.12,