Dima, Ethiopia
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Dima is a town in northern Ethiopia. Located in the Mirabawi Zone of the Tigray Region, this town has a longitude and latitude of with an elevation of 1701 meters above sea level.
Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, Dima has an estimated total population of 902, of whom 498 were males and 404 were females.[1] The 1994 census reported it had a total population of 513, of whom 265 were males and 248 were females. It is one of two towns in Tselemti woreda.
Dima was the base for the nascent Tigrayan People's Liberation Front (TPLF), who arrived there late in 1975. The TPLF held its first 'Fighters Congress' in the town on 18 February 1976. It was attended by the entire membership of about 170 people, who elected a Central Committee.[2]
[edit] Notes
- ^ CSA 2005 National Statistics, Table B.4
- ^ "Local History in Ethiopia" (pdf) The Nordic Africa Institute website (accessed 6 December 2007)
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