Degehabur (woreda)

Degehabur
View of Degehbur from Sheigosh
Degehabur Location within Ethiopia
Coordinates: 8°13′N 43°34′E / 8.217°N 43.567°E / 8.217; 43.567
Country	Ethiopia
Region	Somali
Zone	Degehabur
Elevation	1,044 m (3,425 ft)
Population (2005)
– Total	117,239
Time zone	EAT (UTC+3)

Degehabur (Somali Dhagaxbuur) is one of the 52 woredas in the Somali Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Degehabur Zone, Degehabur is bordered on the south by the Gunagado, on the southwest by the Fiq Zone, on the northwest by Degehamedo, on the north by the Jijiga Zone, on the east by Aware, and on the southeast by the Korahe Zone; it is frequently considered part of the Haud. The administrative center of this woreda is Degehabur.

The two perennial rivers in Degehabur are the Fafen and the Jerer. As of 2008^[update], Degehabur has 68 kilometers of asphalt, 62 of all-weather gravel road, and 387 of community roads; about 24.4% of the total population has access to drinking water.^[1]

This woreda was reported in October 1974 to have been the area worst hit by the Hararghe famine.^[2]

Demographics

Based on figures published by the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, this woreda has an estimated total population of 121,160, of whom 54,569 were men and 66,591 were women; 42,815 or 35.34% of its population are urban dwellers, which is greater than the Zone average of 22.3%. Information is not available on the area of Degehabur, so its population density cannot be calculated.^[3] This woreda is primarily inhabited by the Darod clan of the Somali people.

The 1994 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 93,019, of whom 51,729 were men and 41,290 were women; 28,708 or 30.86% were urban inhabitants. The largest ethnic group reported in Degehabur was the Somali people (98.71%).^[4]

Notes

1. ^ Hailu Ejara Kene, Baseline Survey of 55 Weredas of PCDP Phase II, Part I (Addis Ababa: August 2008), Annexes 16, 17
2. ^ "Local History in Ethiopia" (pdf) The Nordic Africa Institute website (accessed 20 November 2007)
3. ^ CSA 2005 National Statistics, Tables B.3 and B.4. Rural population numbers are believed to be underreported for this Region.
4. ^ 1994 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia: Results for Somali Region, Vol. 1, Tables 2.1, 2.7, 2.12,

Coordinates: 8°10′N 43°30′E / 8.167°N 43.5°E / 8.167; 43.5