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'Degehabur' (also spelled 'Dhagah Bur') is a town in the eastern part of Ethiopia known as the Ogaden. Located in the Degehabur Zone of the Somali Region on the Jerer River, this town has a latitude and longitude of . It is the largest settlement in Degehabur woreda.
Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, Degehabur has an estimated total population of 42,815 of whom 22,670 were males and 20,145 were females.[1]
Local landmarks include the Church of St. George, and the white mosque of Degehabur, which Anthony Mockler described as "the most important in the Ogaden."[2]
Due to its strategic location, Degehabur used as by Dejazmach Nasibu Emmanuel as his headquarters at the beginning of the Second Italo-Abyssinian War. Despite the construction of a series of fortifications south of the town, the Italians under General Rodolfo Graziani defeated the Ethiopian defenders in the Battle of Sasabeneh, and occupied Degehabur 30 April 1936.[3] The Nigerian Brigade drove the Italians from the town in March, 1941.[4]
On 28 May, 2007, during the celebration of Ginbot 20 (celebrating the downfall of the Derg), Degehabur and Jijiga were the scenes of attacks on civilians and government officals. At least 16 people were killed and 67 injured; one of the injured was Abdulahi Hassan Mohammed, president of the Somali Region, who was speaking at the ceremony. The Ethiopian government blamed the attack on the Ogaden National Liberation Front, who afterwards denied responsibility for the attack.[5]
1. CSA 2005 National Statistics, Table B.4
2. Anthony Mockler, ''Haile Selassie's War'' (New York: Olive Branch, 2003), p. 70
3. Mockler, pp. 127-9
4. Mockler, p. 365
5. Many killed in Ethiopia attacks(al Jazeera)
Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, Degehabur has an estimated total population of 42,815 of whom 22,670 were males and 20,145 were females.[1]
Local landmarks include the Church of St. George, and the white mosque of Degehabur, which Anthony Mockler described as "the most important in the Ogaden."[2]
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History
Due to its strategic location, Degehabur used as by Dejazmach Nasibu Emmanuel as his headquarters at the beginning of the Second Italo-Abyssinian War. Despite the construction of a series of fortifications south of the town, the Italians under General Rodolfo Graziani defeated the Ethiopian defenders in the Battle of Sasabeneh, and occupied Degehabur 30 April 1936.[3] The Nigerian Brigade drove the Italians from the town in March, 1941.[4]
On 28 May, 2007, during the celebration of Ginbot 20 (celebrating the downfall of the Derg), Degehabur and Jijiga were the scenes of attacks on civilians and government officals. At least 16 people were killed and 67 injured; one of the injured was Abdulahi Hassan Mohammed, president of the Somali Region, who was speaking at the ceremony. The Ethiopian government blamed the attack on the Ogaden National Liberation Front, who afterwards denied responsibility for the attack.[5]
Notes
1. CSA 2005 National Statistics, Table B.4
2. Anthony Mockler, ''Haile Selassie's War'' (New York: Olive Branch, 2003), p. 70
3. Mockler, pp. 127-9
4. Mockler, p. 365
5. Many killed in Ethiopia attacks(al Jazeera)
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