Cherti, Ethiopia

Cherti (also known as Melka Chereti) is a town in southeastern Ethiopia. Located in the Afder Zone of the Somali Region, this town has a latitude and longitude of 05°20′N 42°05′E / 5.333°N 42.083°E / 5.333; 42.083 with an altitude of 321 meters above sea level.[1]

The NGO Médecins Sans Frontières operates a clinic in Cherti.[2]

Violence between the Dawed and Rer Afgab clans had destroyed numerous houses in Cherti, which had been rebuilt by the time a delegation from the UNDP visited the town in February, 1994.[3]

Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, Cherti has an estimated total population of 8,903, of whom 4,841 were men and 4,062 were women.[4] The 1997 national census reported a total population for this town of 5,967, of whom 3,198 were men and 2,769 were women. The predominant ethnic group reported in Cherti was the Somali (99.64% of the population).[5] It is the largest town in Cherti woreda.

Notes

  1. ↑ "Local History in Ethiopia" (pdf) The Nordic Africa Institute website (accessed 9 February 2009)
  2. ↑ "Field News: Somali Region, Ethiopia: Thousands of IDPs in Search of Food and Water", MSF website (accessed 24 February 2009)
  3. ↑ South West Ogaden Situation Report, February 1994 (accessed 23 December 2008)
  4. ↑ CSA 2005 National Statistics, Table B.4
  5. ↑ 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.
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