Derwonaji

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Derwonaji (also transliterated Derwernache) is a town in eastern Ethiopia. Located in the Jijiga Zone of the Somali Region, this town has a longitude and latitude of 9°50′N, 43°2′E and an elevation of 1402 meters above sea level.

Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, this town has an estimated total population of 35,645, of whom 19,327 were males and 16,318 were females.[1] It is one of two towns in Awbere woreda.

The UNHCR reports that in 2000 they assisted in the digging of a couple of relatively shallow wells at this settlement.[2]

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ CSA 2005 National Statistics, Table B.4
  2. ^ "Local History in Ethiopia" (pdf), The Nordic Africa Institute website (last accessed 16 February 2008)
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