Dire Dawa, Ethiopia · Africa
343,000
Population
Africa
Continent
Addis_Ababa
Timezone
ET
Country Code
Dire Dawa (Oromo: Dirree Dhawaa, lit. 'Place of Remedy'; Somali: Diridhaba, meaning "where the Dir hit his spear into the ground" or "The true Dir", Amharic: ድሬዳዋ, Harari: ድሬዳዋ, lit. "Plain of Medicine") is a city in eastern Ethiopia near the Oromia Region and Oromo border and one of two chartered cities in Ethiopia (the other being Addis Ababa, the capital). Dire Dawa alongside present-day Sitti Zone were a part of the Dire Dawa autonomous region of the Somali Region stipulated in the 1987 Ethi...
Coordinates
9.5931°, 41.8661°
Region/State
Dire Dawa
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Country
Ethiopia
Region
Dire Dawa
Timezone
Africa/Addis_Ababa
Population
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