Awbere

Awbere

Awbere is a town in eastern Ethiopia. It is located in the Jijiga Zone of the Somali Region, seven kilometers from Fugnan Bira in the neighboring Oromia Region. [ [http://130.238.24.99/library/resources/dossiers/local_history_of_ethiopia/A/ORTAST.pdf "Local History in Ethiopia"] (pdf) The Nordic Africa Institute website (accessed 20 November 2007)]

Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, Awbere has an estimated total population of 35,977, of whom 18,978 were males and 16,999 were females. [ [http://www.csa.gov.et/text_files/2005_national_statistics.htm CSA 2005 National Statistics] , Table B.4] It is one of two towns in Awbere woreda.

The Italian "Giuda" described Awbere in 1938 as Somali village with about 1000 inhabitants, whose houses were partly built of masonry, and possessing a mosque; a little to the west of the village was the tomb of Shek Barek. [Cited in "Local History in Ethiopia"]

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