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Dibina is a town in northeastern Ethiopia, located in Administrative Zone 4 of the Afar Region. This may be the "Debene" W.C. Harris mentions, a small village he passed through in mid-June 1841 on his diplomatic mission to Shewa.[1]
Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, Dibina has an estimated total population of 1,370, of whom 717 are men and 653 are women.[2] The 1994 census reported this town had a total population of 937 of whom 459 were men and 478 were women. It is the largest town in Yalo woreda.
Notes
- ^ "Local History in Ethiopia" (pdf), The Nordic Africa Institute website (last accessed 5 May 2008)
- ^ CSA 2005 National Statistics, Table B.4
Categories:- Populated places in the Afar Region
- Afar geography stubs
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