Durame

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Durame is a town in southeastern Ethiopia. The administrative center of the Kembata Alaba and Tembaro Zone of the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Region, this town has a latitude and longitude of 7°14′N, 37°53′E with an elevation of 2101 meters above sea level. Materials on the Nordic Africa Institute website, describe Durame as the main town for the Kambaata-speaking southwest Gurage.[1]

Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, Durame has an estimated total population of 12,849 of whom 6,461 were males and 6,388 were females.[2] The 1994 census reported this town had a total population of 7,092 of whom 3,577 were males and 3,515 were females. It is the larger of two towns in Kedida Gamela woreda.

Following the Italian invasion, on 8 May 1936 a civil war erupted between the local population and the remaining Amhara, forcing local missionaries to evacuate the area.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "Local History in Ethiopia" (pdf) The Nordic Africa Institute website (accessed 18 December 2007)
  2. ^ CSA 2005 National Statistics, Table B.4
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