Durba

For the gold mine in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, see Durba Mine.

Durba (Oromo: "virgin"; also Derba^[1]) is a town in central Ethiopia. Located in the Semien Shewa Zone, about 70km north of Addis Ababa, this town has a latitude and longitude of 9°26′N 38°39′E / 9.433°N 38.65°E / 9.433; 38.65Coordinates: 9°26′N 38°39′E / 9.433°N 38.65°E / 9.433; 38.65 with an elevation of 2450 meters above sea level. The town sits above the canyon of the Muger River, near the largest falls of the Muger.^[1]

Durba is important for being one of the major sites for the production of cement in Ethiopia. In 2006, the Muger Cement Factory plant announced it would expand its facilities.^[2] In 2008, Mohammed Al-Amoudi's Derba Midroc Cement company announced it would establish its own cement factory 8km from Durba.^[3][4]

Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, Durba has an estimated total population of 2,188 of whom 1,053 were men and 1,135 were women.^[5] The 1994 census reported this town had a total population of 1,225 of whom 571 were men and 654 were women. It is one of six towns in Mulona Sululta woreda.

See also

• Muger Cement FC

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Lindahl, Bernhard, ed (2005). Local History in Ethiopia. Dem Bahir - Dhera. Uppsala: Nordic Africa Institute. pp. p. 28. http://www.nai.uu.se/library/resources/dossiers/local_history_of_ethiopia/d/ORTDEM.pdf 
2. ^ Mikias Makonnen (2006-04-18). "Chinese firm to construct $100mln cement factory" (in English) (HTML). Capital (Addis Ababa: Crown Publishing). http://www.capitalethiopia.com/archive/2006/April/week3/Chinese%20firm%20to%20construct%20$100mln%20cement%20factory.htm. Retrieved 2008-08-27. 
3. ^ European Investment Bank. "ESIA Summary". http://www.eib.org/attachments/pipeline/20070406_nts3_en.pdf. Retrieved 2008-08-27 
4. ^ "Ethiopia / EIB lends EUR 29 million for Derba Midroc Cement Factory" (in English). African Press Organization (APO). 2008-06-26. http://appablog.wordpress.com/2008/06/26/ethiopia-eib-lends-eur-29-million-for-derba-midroc-cement-factory/. Retrieved 2008-08-27.  (Note that this source identifies the site as being 70km south of Addis Ababa.)
5. ^ CSA 2005 National Statistics, Table B.4