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Dire Dawa

Eastern Africa

Dire Dawa is a city in eastern Ethiopia and one of two chartered cities in Ethiopia, the other being the capital, Addis Ababa. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Population
600,000 1
Area (sq km)
1213 1
Founding Year
1902 1
Population Estimate Year
2025 1
Elevation (m)
1276 1
Latitude
9.6 degrees north 1
Longitude
41.867 degrees east 1
Elevation Band
Highland 2
Climate Zone
Dry 3
Time Zone
UTC+03:00 2
Connections

Associated With

Ethiopia, Countries
Source Dire Dawa (Wikipedia)
Sources
1. Dire Dawa (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Lead section
    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: ዲርሬዳዋ, 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).
  • Infobox: population_total
    600,000
  • Infobox: population_as_of
    2025
  • Infobox: area_total_km2
    1213
  • Infobox, coordinates (latitude)
    9.6, 41.867
  • Infobox, coordinates (longitude)
    9.6, 41.867
  • Infobox: elevation_m
    1276
  • Infobox, Founded
    1902
  • Associated With: Ethiopia, Infobox, Country
    ethiopia
  • In Group: Cities of Eastern Africa (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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2. GeoNames: Dire Dawa - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 338832
    9.59306 41.86611 P PPLA ET 48 343000 1204 Africa/Addis_Ababa
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 1204 m
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3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 9.75, 41.75
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 9.75, 41.75
9.75 41.75 BSh
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Wikidata: Dire Dawa
Wikidata Q193486, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source
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