Kebri Dahar
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Kebri Dahar (Somali: Qabridahare) is a town in the eastern part of Ethiopia known as the Ogaden. Located in the Korahe Zone of the Somali Region, this town has a latitude and longitude of and an elevation of 493 meters above sea level. Kebri Dahar is served by Kabri Dar Airport (ICAO code HAKD, IATA: ABK).
Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, Kebri Dahar has an estimated total population of 36,191 of whom 19,327 were males and 16,864 were females.[2] It is the largest settlement in Kebri Dahar woreda.
[edit] History
The earliest mention of Kebri Dahar is in 1931, when it was described as "a soldier's camp" that suffered from malaria; although the settlement was 500 meters above the river, the scrub between the two had not been cleared and provided the mosquitos sufficient cover to reach their victims.[3]
A hospital for the town was under construction in 1958, when Emperor Haile Selassie inspected it during a tour of the Ogaden. In 1966 a road was built connecting Kebri Dahar and the new town of Gode.[3] The Ethiopian Road Authority (ERA) announced a construction project to connect Kebri Dahar with neighboring towns. One road, to include 113.5 kilometers of paved road and five bridges will connect Kebri Dahar with Shekosh, while a second, which will include the creation of 95 kilometers of paved road and construction of six large and medium bridges, will connect the town to Danan.[4]
[edit] Notes
- ^ Wernstadt, Frederick L. ; World Climatic Data; published 1972 by Climatic Data Press; p. 25.
- ^ CSA 2005 National Statistics, Table B.4
- ^ a b "Local History in Ethiopia" (pdf) The Nordic Africa Institute website (accessed 21 November 2007)
- ^ "ERA building asphalt roads with 600mln birr in Somali State" (Walta Information Center, accessed 13 December 2007)
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