Derwonaji

Derwonaji (also transliterated Derwernache) is a town in eastern Ethiopia. Located in the Jijiga Zone of the Somali Region, this town has a longitude and latitude of 9°50′N 43°02′E / 9.833°N 43.033°E / 9.833; 43.033Coordinates: 9°50′N 43°02′E / 9.833°N 43.033°E / 9.833; 43.033 and an elevation of 1402 meters above sea level.

The UNHCR reports that in 2000 they assisted in the digging of a couple of relatively shallow wells at this settlement.[1]

Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, this town has an estimated total population of 35,645, of whom 19,327 are men and 16,318 are women.[2] The 1997 census reported this town had a total population of 23,891 of whom 12,768 were men and 11,123 women. The largest ethnic groups reported in this town were the Somali (67.47%), and foreign nationals from Somalia (31.02%); all other ethnic groups made up 1.51% of the population.[3] It is one of two towns in Awbere woreda.

Notes

  1. ↑ "Local History in Ethiopia", The Nordic Africa Institute website (last accessed 16 February 2008)
  2. ↑ CSA 2005 National Statistics, Table B.4
  3. ↑ 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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