Fiq, Ethiopia

Fiq, Ethiopia

Fiq is a town in eastern Ethiopia. Located in the Fiq Zone of the Somali Region, this town has a longitude and latitude of coord|08|8|N|42|18|E with an elevation of 1229 meters above sea level. The settlement is named for a group of the Borena Oromo. [http://130.238.24.99/library/resources/dossiers/local_history_of_ethiopia/f/ORTFI.pdf "Local History in Ethiopia"] (pdf) The Nordic Africa Institute website (accessed 19 December 2007)]

Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, this town has an estimated total population of 12,911, of whom 6,932 were males and 5,979 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 Fiq woreda.

The "Guida dell'Africa Orientale Italiana" described Fiq in 1938 as a place where the Hawiye Somali would gather during certain months. Travel by motorcar between Fiq and Babille was possible by a track. Administrative buildings included a post office, telegraph office and an infirmary.

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