Bike, Ethiopia

Bike (Oromiffa name for several medium-sized trees of Combretum) is a town in central Ethiopia. Located in the Shinile Zone of the Somali Region, it has a latitude and longitude of . This town served by a station on the Addis Ababa - Djibouti Railway.

Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, Bike has an estimated total population of 9,197, of whom 4,789 are men and 4,408 are women.[1] The 1997 census reported this town had a total population of 6,168 of whom 3,163 were men and 3,005 women. The three largest ethnic groups reported in this town were the Somali (81.74%), the Oromo (14.72%), and the Amhara (2.8%); all other ethnic groups made up the remaining 0.74% of the residents.[2] It is one of three towns in Afdem woreda.

References

  1. ^ CSA 2005 National Statistics, Table B.4
  2. ^ 1994 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia: Results for Somali Region, Vol. 1 Tables 2.4, 2.14 (accessed 10 January 2009). The results of the 1994 census in the Somali Region were not satisfactory, so the census was repeated in 1997.