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Dirē Dawa

Dire Dawa
ድሬ ዳዋ
ديري داوا

Dirre Dhawaa
City
Downtown Dire Dawa
Downtown Dire Dawa
Nickname(s): Dirah Dawah
Dire Dawa is located in Ethiopia
Dire Dawa
Dire Dawa
Location within Ethiopia
Coordinates: 9°36′N 41°52′E / 9.600°N 41.867°E / 9.600; 41.867
Country Ethiopia
Region Dire Dawa
Zone Dire Dawa
District Dire Dawa
Founded 1902
Government
 • Type Chartered City
 • Mayor Adam Farah
Area
 • City 1,213 km2 (468 sq mi)
Elevation 1,276 m (4,189 ft)
Population (2008)
 • City 607,321
 • Density 4,530/km2 (11,700/sq mi)
 • Metro 1,274,869
Time zone EAT (UTC+3)
Area code(s) (+251) 25
Website www.dire-dawa.gov.et

Dire Dawa (Amharic: ድሬ ዳዋ?, Oromo: Dirre Dhawaa, lit. "Place of Remedy",Somali: Dirre Dhabe, meaning "where Dir hit his spear into the ground", Arabic: ديري داوا‎‎) is one of two chartered cities (astedader akabibi) in Ethiopia (the other being the capital, Addis Ababa). It is divided administratively into two woredas, the city proper and the non-urban woreda of Gurgura. According to the "Futuh Al Habasha: Conquest of Abyssinia", the area or settlement was only called Dir after the major Somali clan around 5 centuries ago.

Dire Dawa lies in the eastern part of the nation, on the Dechatu River, at the foot of a ring of cliffs that has been described as "somewhat like a cluster of tea-leaves in the bottom of a slop-basin." At a latitude and longitude of 9°36′N 41°52′E / 9.600°N 41.867°E / 9.600; 41.867Coordinates: 9°36′N 41°52′E / 9.600°N 41.867°E / 9.600; 41.867, it is the second largest city in Ethiopia.


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