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Shinile

Town in Somali Region, Ethiopia

Town in Somali Region, Ethiopia

FieldValue
official_nameShinile
settlement_typeTown
image_skylineShinile.jpg
imagesize300
dot_xdot_y =
pushpin_mapEthiopia
pushpin_map_captionLocation within Ethiopia
pushpin_mapsize300
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_name
subdivision_type1Region
subdivision_name1Somali
subdivision_type2Zone
subdivision_name2Sitti Zone
subdivision_type3District
subdivision_name3Shinile
government_typeChartered City
population_as_of2024
population_total110.000
timezoneEAT
utc_offset+3
coordinates
elevation_m10,000
elevation_ft32808.4

Shinile () is a town in eastern Ethiopia. Located in the Sitti Zone of the Somali Region, it is 9km northeast of Dire Dawa, the first station of the Ethio-Djibouti Railways east of Dire Dawa is at Shinile.

Demographics

The town's inhabitants belong to various mainly Afro-Asiatic-speaking ethnic groups, with the Issa Somali predominant. Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, Shinile has an estimated total population of 207,367. The 1997 census reported this town had a total population of 8,809 of whom 4,464 were men and 4,345 women. The three largest ethnic groups reported in this town were the Somali (96.58%), the Oromo (1.76%), and the Amhara (1.5%); all other ethnic groups made up the remaining 0.16% of the residents. It is the largest of four towns in Shinile woreda.

Climate

Shinile has a hot semi-arid climate (BSh) in Köppen-Geiger system.

Notes

References

  1. [http://130.238.24.99/library/resources/dossiers/local_history_of_ethiopia/s/ORTSHE.pdf "Local History in Ethiopia"] {{webarchive. link. (2011-05-28 (pdf) The Nordic Africa Institute website (accessed 19 December 2007))
  2. "CSA 2005 National Statistics".
  3. [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''] 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.
  4. "Climate: Shinile - Climate graph, Temperature graph, Climate table". Climate-Data.org.
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