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Previously, Gurgura woreda was part of the Gurgura na Gara Gurgurcha Awwraja, then during the Mengistu regime, Issa na Gurgura Awrajja (which was Dire Dawa + zone shinile ) and during the TPLF rule the zone shinile saw further subdivision subdivisions into Gurgura woreda (Dire Dawa) and sitti zone of the somali region. After the 1995 ...
It is divided administratively into two woredas, the city proper and the non-urban woredas of Gurgura. Dire Dawa lies in the eastern part of the nation, on the Dechatu River, at the foot of a ring of cliffs. The western outskirts of the city lie on the Gorro River, a tributary of the Dechatu River.
As a Dir sub-clan, the Gurgura have immediate lineal ties with the Akisho, Gadabuursi, Issa, the Surre (Abdalle and Qubeys), the Biimaal (who the Gaadsen also belong to), the Bajimal, the Bursuk, the Madigan Dir, the Garre (the Quranyow sub-clan to be precise as they claim descent from Dir), Gurre, Gariire, other Dir sub-clans and they have lineal ties with the Hawiye (Irir), Hawadle, Ajuran ...
Map of the regions and zones of Ethiopia. Horo Guduru Welega (Oromo: Walllaga Horroo Guduruu) is a zone in Oromia Region of Ethiopia. It is named after the former province of Welega, whose eastern part lay in the area Horo Guduru Welega now occupies. Horo Guduru Welega was formed of woredas, including East Welega Zone.
Sitti Zone (Somali: Gobolka Sitti), formerly known as Shinile, [2] is a zone in Somali Region of Ethiopia.. Located at the northwestern point of the Somali Region and stretching across the savanna north of the Ahmar Mountains, Sitti is bordered on the south by Dire Dawa and the Oromia Region, on the west by the Afar Region, on the north by Djibouti, on the east by Somaliland, and on the ...
Based on the 2007 Census conducted by the CSA, this woreda has a total population of 35,271, of whom 19,410 are men and 15,861 women; 4,991 or 14.15% of its population are urban dwellers. The majority of the inhabitants practiced Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity , with 53.23% of the population reporting that belief, 28.82% were Protestants , 13. ...
Woreda: Dembel: Elevation. 1,333 m (4,373 ft) Time zone: UTC+3 : Dembel is a town in central Ethiopia. ... "Mainly Somali Gurgura, Gadabursi and Hawiye groups, who ...
This woreda is inhabited primarily inhabited by the Gurgura. [5] The 1997 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 77,960, of whom 42,247 were men and 35,713 were women; 10,637 or 13.64% of its population were urban dwellers.