Shinile
Town in Somali Region, Ethiopia
title: "Shinile" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["populated-places-in-the-somali-region"] description: "Town in Somali Region, Ethiopia" topic_path: "general/populated-places-in-the-somali-region" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinile" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Town in Somali Region, Ethiopia ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox settlement"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| official_name | Shinile |
| settlement_type | Town |
| image_skyline | Shinile.jpg |
| imagesize | 300 |
| dot_x | |
| pushpin_map | Ethiopia |
| pushpin_map_caption | Location within Ethiopia |
| pushpin_mapsize | 300 |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | |
| subdivision_type1 | Region |
| subdivision_name1 | Somali |
| subdivision_type2 | Zone |
| subdivision_name2 | Sitti Zone |
| subdivision_type3 | District |
| subdivision_name3 | Shinile |
| government_type | Chartered City |
| population_as_of | 2024 |
| population_total | 110.000 |
| timezone | EAT |
| utc_offset | +3 |
| coordinates | |
| elevation_m | 10,000 |
| elevation_ft | 32808.4 |
| :: |
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Demographics
The town's inhabitants belong to various mainly Afro-Asiatic-speaking ethnic groups, with the Issa Somali predominant. Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, Shinile has an estimated total population of 207,367. The 1997 census reported this town had a total population of 8,809 of whom 4,464 were men and 4,345 women. The three largest ethnic groups reported in this town were the Somali (96.58%), the Oromo (1.76%), and the Amhara (1.5%); all other ethnic groups made up the remaining 0.16% of the residents. It is the largest of four towns in Shinile woreda.
Climate
Shinile has a hot semi-arid climate (BSh) in Köppen-Geiger system.
|metric first=yes |single line=yes |width = 70% |location=Shinile |temperature colour=pastel |Jan high C= 28.6 |Feb high C= 29.4 |Mar high C= 31.7 |Apr high C= 31.7 |May high C= 33.5 |Jun high C= 35.0 |Jul high C= 34.1 |Aug high C= 33.5 |Sep high C= 33.5 |Oct high C= 32.5 |Nov high C= 30.3 |Dec high C= 28.8 |Jan low C= 15.1 |Feb low C= 16.9 |Mar low C= 19.2 |Apr low C= 19.9 |May low C= 21.1 |Jun low C= 22.9 |Jul low C= 22.0 |Aug low C= 21.3 |Sep low C= 21.7 |Oct low C= 19.0 |Nov low C= 16.2 |Dec low C= 15.1 |Jan rain mm= 18 |Feb rain mm= 28 |Mar rain mm= 62 |Apr rain mm= 90 |May rain mm= 46 |Jun rain mm= 22 |Jul rain mm= 80 |Aug rain mm= 113 |Sep rain mm= 62 |Oct rain mm= 18 |Nov rain mm= 13 |Dec rain mm= 5 |rain colour = green |source 1 = Climate-Data.org
Notes
References
- [http://130.238.24.99/library/resources/dossiers/local_history_of_ethiopia/s/ORTSHE.pdf "Local History in Ethiopia"] {{webarchive. link. (2011-05-28 (pdf) The Nordic Africa Institute website (accessed 19 December 2007))
- "CSA 2005 National Statistics".
- [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''] 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.
- "Climate: Shinile - Climate graph, Temperature graph, Climate table". Climate-Data.org.
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