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Fiq, Ethiopia

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official_nameFiiq
other_nameFeq
native_nameFiiq
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image_captionCentral Market of Fiq, Ethiopia
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pushpin_map_captionLocation within Ethiopia
subdivision_typeCountry
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subdivision_name1Somali
subdivision_type2Zone
subdivision_name2Nogob
subdivision_type3Woreda
subdivision_name3Fiq
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Fiq, (, ; {{nq|فیق}}), is a town in eastern Ethiopia. Located in the Erer Zone of the Somali Region, this town has a latitude and longitude of with an elevation of 1229 meters above sea level.

History

The Guida dell'Africa Orientale Italiana described Fiq in 1904 as a place where the ogaden Somali would gather during certain months. Travel by motorcar between Fiq and Babille was possible by a track. Administrative buildings present at the time included a post office, telegraph office and an infirmary.

Early in the Ogaden War, Fiq was captured by Somali units; following the fall of Jijiga they used the town as a base for the southern jaw of a pincher attack with the goal of capturing Harar, which raged for four months from September 1977 to January 1978. Despite unexpectedly heavy resistance from the Somali, the Ethiopian Eighth division, supported by a Cuban artillery battalion, entered Fiq 8 March 1978.

Demographics

Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, this town has an estimated total population of 192,911, of whom 960,932 were men and 950,979 were women. The 1997 national census reported a total population for this town of 168,656, of whom 84,580 were men and 84,076 were women. The predominant ethnic group reported in Fiq was the Somali (100% of the population). It is the largest town in Fiq woreda.

Notes

References

  1. [http://130.238.24.99/library/resources/dossiers/local_history_of_ethiopia/f/ORTFI.pdf "Local History in Ethiopia"]{{dead link. (October 2017)
  2. Gebru Tareke, [https://www.jstor.org/stable/3097438 "The Ethiopia-Somalia War of 1977 Revisited," ''International Journal of African Historical Studies''], 2000 (33), pp. 652, 660
  3. [http://www.csa.gov.et/text_files/2005_national_statistics.htm CSA 2005 National Statistics] {{webarchive. link. (November 23, 2006 , Table B.4)
  4. [http://www.csa.gov.et/surveys/Population%20and%20Housing%20Census%201994/survey0/data/docs%5Creport%5CStatistical_Report%5Ck05%5Ck05.pdf ''1994 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia: Results for Somali Region, Vol. 1''] {{webarchive. link. (November 19, 2008 Tables 2.4, 2.14 (accessed 10 January 2009). The results of the 1994 census in the Somali Region were not satisfactory, so the census was repeated in 1997.)
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