Chinaksen

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Chinaksan
Cinaaksan (Oromo)
Town
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Chinaksan is located in Ethiopia
Chinaksan
Chinaksan
Location within Ethiopia
Coordinates: 9°30′N 42°42′E / 9.500°N 42.700°E / 9.500; 42.700Coordinates: 9°30′N 42°42′E / 9.500°N 42.700°E / 9.500; 42.700
CountryEthiopiaEthiopia
RegionOromia RegionOromia
ZoneEast Hararghe
District Chinaksen
Elevation
1,816 m (5,958 ft)
Population
 (2007)
 • Total12,261
Time zoneUTC+3 (EAT)

Chinaksen (Oromo: Cinaaksan, lit.  "near the hole") is a town located in Chinaksen (Aanaa), East Hararghe Zone of the eastern Oromia. This city has a latitude and longitude of

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9°30′N 42°42′E / 9.500°N 42.700°E / 9.500; 42.700 with an elevation of 1816 meters above sea level. Chinaksan is a historical settlement with stone walls built at the foot of an oval hill; on the hill are ruins of fortifications of Somali origins during the Adal Sultanate period.[1][2]

The writer Nega Mezlekia, an Amhara from Jijiga who had joined the , relates how he participated in an attack on a Derg military training camp in Chinaksen. No prisoners were taken in the attack; those who surrendered were shot dead.[3] Early in the Ogaden War, Chinaksen was captured by Somali units as they advanced on Dire Dawa; it was recaptured by Ethiopian units between 5 and 9 February 1978.[4]

In late January 2009, the Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation completed a 27 km (17 mi) electric power line from Jijiga to Chinhahsan, while constructing six power distributors in the town. This provided 24-hour electric service to Chinhahsan for the first time.[5]

Demographics[]

Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, Chinaksen had an estimated total population of 11,558 of whom 5,981 are men and 5,577 are women.[6] According to the 1994 national census this city had a population of 56,821 people. This town is one of the two largest settlements in Jijiga woreda.

The 1997 census reported this town had a total population of 7,753 of whom 3,951 were men and 3,802 women. The three largest ethnic groups reported in this town were the Oromo (64.72%), Somali (20.59%), and the Amhara (10.8%); all other ethnic groups made up

References[]

  1. ^ Shihāb al-Dīn Aḥmad ibn ʻAbd al-Qādir ʻArabfaqīh, Translated by Paul Stenhouse, Richard Pankhurst (2003). The conquest of Abyssinia: 16th century. Tsehai Publishers & Distributors. p. 77.
  2. ^ Northeast African Studies. Volume 11. African Studies Center, Michigan State University. 1989. p. 115. |volume= has extra text (help)
  3. ^ "Local History in Ethiopia"[permanent dead link] The Nordic Africa Institute website (accessed 1 March 2009)
  4. ^ Gebru Tareke, "The Ethiopia-Somalia War of 1977 Revisited," International Journal of African Historical Studies, 2000 (33), p. 658
  5. ^ "Chinakson Town gets 24 hr electric power service"[permanent dead link], Ethiopian News Agency, 29 January 2009 (accessed 28 May 2009)
  6. ^ CSA 2005 National Statistics Archived November 13, 2009, at the Wayback Machine, Table B.4
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