Degehabur (woreda)
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Degehabur (Somali Dagahbuur) is one of the 47 woredas in the Somali Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Degehabur Zone, Degehabur is bordered on the south by the Gode Zone, on the southwest by the Fiq Zone, on the northwest by Degehamedo, on the north by the Jijiga Zone, on the east by Aware, and on the southeast by the Korahe Zone. The administrative center of this woreda is Degehabur.
The two perennial rivers in Degehabur are the Fafen and the Jerer.
Based on figures published by the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, this woreda has an estimated total population of 121,160, of whom 54,569 were males and 66,591 were females; 42,815 or 35.34% of its population are urban dwellers, which is greater than the Zone average of 22.3%. Information is not available on the area of Degehabur, so its population density cannot be calculated.[1] This woreda is primarily inhabited by the Darod clan of the Somali people.
This woreda was reported in October 1974 to have been the worst hit area in the Hararghe famine.[2]
[edit] Notes
- ^ CSA 2005 National Statistics, Tables B.3 and B.4. Rural population numbers are believed to be underreported for this Region.
- ^ "Local History in Ethiopia" (pdf) The Nordic Africa Institute website (accessed 20 November 2007)
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