Dewele

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Town between Ethiopia–Djibouti border

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::summary Town between Ethiopia–Djibouti border ::

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subdivision_type1Region
subdivision_name[[Image:Flag of Ethiopia.svg
subdivision_name1Somali
subdivision_type2Zone
subdivision_name2Sitti Zone
population_as_of2005
population_total3,357
coordinates
elevation_m898
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Dewele (French Douanlé or Daouenlé) is a town in Ethiopia, near to the Ethiopia and Djibouti border. Located in the Sitti Zone in the Somali Region the town has a longitude and latitude of with an elevation of 898 meters above sea level.

Dewele is served by a station on the Addis Ababa - Djibouti Railway as well as on the Ethio-Djibouti Railways. It serves as an official crossing point between Djibouti and Ethiopia, with a customs post. In the mid-1960s, gypsum was excavated near the town, then transported to a factory in Dire Dawa to be used in the manufacture cement and plaster of Paris.

Overview

Nearby towns and villages include Ali Sabieh (18 km), Guelile (7 km), Dikhil (64 km), Djibouti City (112 km) in Djibouti, and Aysha (39 km), Hadhagaala (54 km) and Dire Dawa (210 km) in Ethiopia.

History

Dewele was the first point inside the boundaries of Ethiopia to receive train service by the Ethio-Djibouti Railways. The first train ran between Djibouti City and Dewele on 22 July 1901, requiring 5½ hours to make the trip with four halts for water.

In 1907, the Englishmen Bentley and Wells drove a Siddeley automobile from the Red Sea coast to Addis Ababa. They feigned to go to Jaldessa but headed for Dewele instead, to mislead potential shifta or bandits.

During the Djibouti Civil War, Ethiopians who were living in that country and worked in various sectors were forced by the Djiboutian Armed Force to leave that country with whatever they could quickly gather. By February 2001, many had taken refuge in and around Dewele.

Climate

Dewele has a hot desert climate (BWh) in Köppen-Geiger system.

|metric first=yes |single line=yes |location=Dewele |temperature colour=pastel |Jan high C=25.0 |Feb high C=25.7 |Mar high C=28.9 |Apr high C=30.0 |May high C=34.1 |Jun high C=36.9 |Jul high C=36.2 |Aug high C=35.3 |Sep high C=34.0 |Oct high C=30.2 |Nov high C=25.9 |Dec high C=25.5 |Jan low C=15.0 |Feb low C=17.5 |Mar low C=19.2 |Apr low C=21.6 |May low C=23.8 |Jun low C=26.3 |Jul low C=24.3 |Aug low C=24.0 |Sep low C=24.7 |Oct low C=20.6 |Nov low C=18.0 |Dec low C=16.0 |Jan rain mm=15 |Feb rain mm=11 |Mar rain mm=15 |Apr rain mm=23 |May rain mm=11 |Jun rain mm=6 |Jul rain mm=26 |Aug rain mm=43 |Sep rain mm=33 |Oct rain mm=9 |Nov rain mm=11 |Dec rain mm=5 |rain colour=green | source 1 = Climate-Data.org

Demographics

| thumb = right | caption= Ethnic groups of Dewele | other = yes | label1 = Somali | value1 = 42.21 | color1 = Blue | label2 = Oromo | value2 = 27.43 | color2 = Green | label3 = Amhara | value3 = 20.9 | color4 = Yellow | label4 = Gurage | value4 = 6.52 | color3 = Red Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, Dewele has an estimated total population of 3,357, of whom 1,710 were males and 1,647 were females. The 1997 census reported Dewele had a total population of 2,253 of whom 1,130 were men and 1,123 women. The four largest ethnic groups reported in this town were the Somali (42.21%), the Oromo (27.43%), the Amhara (20.9%), and the Gurage (6.52%); all other ethnic groups made up 2.94% of the population. It is one of four towns in Ayesha woreda. The town's inhabitants belong to various mainly Afro-Asiatic-speaking ethnic groups, with the Issa Somali predominant.

References

References

  1. [http://130.238.24.99/library/resources/dossiers/local_history_of_ethiopia/d/ORTDEM.pdf "Local History in Ethiopia"]{{Dead link. (July 2019)
  2. Richard Pankhurst, ''Economic History of Ethiopia'' (Addis Ababa: Haile Selassie I University, 1968), p. 315. For some reason Pankhurst calls this settlement "Douanle".
  3. "Climate: Dewele - Climate graph, Temperature graph, Climate table". Climate-Data.org.
  4. [http://www.csa.gov.et/text_files/2005_national_statistics.htm CSA 2005 National Statistics] {{webarchive. link. (November 23, 2006 , Table B.4)
  5. [http://www.csa.gov.et/surveys/Population%20and%20Housing%20Census%201994/survey0/data/docs%5Creport%5CStatistical_Report%5Ck05%5Ck05.pdf ''1994 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia: Results for Somali Region, Vol. 1''] {{webarchive. link. (November 19, 2008 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.)

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