Dukem is a town in central Ethiopia

Ethiopia

Ethiopia , officially known as the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. It is the second-most populous nation in Africa, with over 82 million inhabitants, and the tenth-largest by area, occupying 1,100,000 km2...

. It is named after the Dukem River

Dukem River

Dukem River is a river of central Ethiopia....

. Located in the Misraq Shewa Zone

Misraq Shewa Zone

Misraq Shewa is one of the 12 Zones of the Ethiopian Region of Oromia. This zone takes its name from the kingdom or former province of Shewa. Misraq Shewa is located in the middle of Oromia, connecting the western regions to the eastern ones...

 of the Oromia Region

Oromia Region

Oromia is one of the nine ethnic divisions of Ethiopia...

, 37 kilometers southeast of Addis Ababa

Addis Ababa

Addis Ababa is the capital city of Ethiopia...

 and 10 kilometers northwest of Debre Zeyit

Debre Zeyit

Debre Zeyit is a town of Ethiopia, lying south east of Addis Ababa. Since the late 1990s it has been officially known by the Oromo name, Bishoftu, which was its name until 1955...

, this town has a latitude and longitude of 08°48′N 38°54′E and an elevation of 1950 meters above sea level. It is the administrative center of Akaki

Akaki

Akaki is one of the 180 woredas in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Misraq Shea Zone, Akaki is bordered on the southwest by the Debub Mirab Shewa Zone, on the northwest by Addis Ababa, on the north by the Semien Shewa Zone, and on the east by Ada'a Chukala...

 woreda

Woreda

Woreda is an administrative division of Ethiopia , equivalent to a district . Woredas are composed of a number of Kebele, or neighborhood associations, which are the smallest unit of local government in Ethiopia...

.

Dukem is situated along the Addis Ababa

Addis Ababa

Addis Ababa is the capital city of Ethiopia...

 - Dire Dawa

Dire Dawa

Dire Dawa is one of two chartered cities in Ethiopia . This chartered city is divided administratively into two woredas, the city proper and the non-urban woreda of Gurgura....

 highway and is a station on the Ethio-Djibouti Railway

Ethio-Djibouti Railways

The Ethio-Djibouti Railways, also Ethio-Djibouti Railway Enterprise, is the successor of the Imperial Railway Company of Ethiopia and jointly owned by the governments of Ethiopia and Djibouti. It was formed after Djibouti gained independence in 1977 and received the French shares of the Imperial...

. It is also the location of an industrial park

Industrial park

An industrial park is an area zoned and planned for the purpose of industrial development...

 covering 40 hectares owned and developed by East African Group (Ethiopia), Ltd.

Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency

Central Statistical Agency (Ethiopia)

The Central Statistical Agency is an agency of the government of Ethiopia designated to provide all surveys and censuses for that country used to monitor economic and social growth, as well as to act as an official training center in that field. It is part of the Ethiopian Ministry of Finance and...

in 2005, Dukem has an estimated total population of 8,704 of whom 4,095 are men and 4,609 are women.