Kebri Dahar is one of the 47 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...

s in the Somali Region

Somali Region

Somali Region ; is the eastern-most of the nine ethnic divisions of Ethiopia. It is often called Somalia, though it is not to be confused with the independent country of the same name. The capital of Somali State is Jijiga...

 of 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...

. Part of the Korahe Zone

Korahe Zone

Korahe is one of nine Zones of the Somali Region of Ethiopia. Korahe is bordered on the south and west by Gode, on the north by Degehabur, and on the east by Werder...

, Kebri Dar is bordered on the south by Debeweyin

Debeweyin

Debeweyin is one of the 47 woredas in the Somali Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Korahe Zone, Debeweyin is bordered on the south and west by the Gode Zone, on the north by Kebri Dahar, and on the east by Shilavo. The major town in Debeweyin is Har Ad....

, on the west by the Gode Zone

Gode Zone

Gode is one of nine Zones of the Somali Region, Ogaden, of Ethiopia. This zone is named for its largest city, Gode. Gode is bordered on the south by Afder, on the west by the Oromia Region, on the north by Fiq and Degehabur, on the northeast by Korahe and Werder, and on the east by the Provisional...

, on the northwest by the Degehabur Zone

Degehabur Zone

Degehabur Zone is one of the nine Zones in the Somali Region of Ethiopia. This zone is named after its largest city, Degehabur. Degehabur Zone is bordered on the south by Korahe, on the west by Fiq, on the northwest by the Oromia Region, on the north by Jijiga and Somalia, and on the east by...

, on the north by Shekosh

Shekosh (woreda)

Shekosh is one of the 67 [woredas] in the Somali Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Korahe Zone, Shekosh is bordered on the south by Kebri Dahar |Kebri Dahar, on the north by the Degehabur Zone, and on the east by the Werder Zone and on the west by the Nogob zone...

, on the east by the Werder Zone

Werder Zone

Werder is one of nine Zones of the Somali Region in Ethiopia. This zone is named after its largest city, Werder. Werder is bordered on the south by Gode, on the west by Korahe, on the northwest by Degehabur, and on the northeast and southeast by Somalia...

, and on the southeast by Shilavo

Shilavo (woreda)

Shilavo is one of the 47 woredas in the Somali Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Korahe Zone, its boundaries shown by official sources vary. On the OCHA map for the Somali Region , Shilavo is bordered on the south by the Gode Zone, on the southwest by Debeweyin, on the north by Kebri Dahar, and on...

. The major town in Kebri Dahar is Kebri Dahar

Kebri Dahar

Kebri Dahar is a town in the eastern part of Ethiopia known as the Ogaden. Located in the Korahe Zone of the Somali Region, this town has a latitude and longitude of and an elevation of 493 meters above sea level...

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The average elevation in this woreda is 706 meters above sea level. The only perennial river in Kebri Dahar is the Fafen

Fafen River

Fafen River is a river of eastern Ethiopia. Rising to the east of Harar, this river cuts through a series of wide, flat shelves of sedimentary rocks made of sandstone, limestone, and gypsum as it descends in a south-eastern direction towards the Shebelle River. The Fafen only joins the Shebelle...

. , Ayesha has no all-weather gravel road nor any community roads; about 25.8% of the total population has access to drinking water.

Demographics

Based on figures published by 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, this woreda has an estimated total population of 135,230, of whom 60,322 were men and 74,908 were women; 36,191 or 26.76% of its population are urban dwellers, which is greater than the Zone average of 18.2%. Information is not available on the area of Kebri Dahar, so its population density cannot be calculated. This woreda is primarily inhabited by the Darod

Darod

The Darod is a Somali clan. The father of this clan is named Abdirahman bin Isma'il al-Jabarti, but is more commonly known as Darod. In the Somali language, the word Daarood means "an enclosed compound," a conflation of the two words daar and ood .The Darod population in Somalia lives principally...

 clan of the Somali people

Somali people

Somalis are an ethnic group located in the Horn of Africa, also known as the Somali Peninsula. The overwhelming majority of Somalis speak the Somali language, which is part of the Cushitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family...

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The 1997 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 105,565, of whom 59,279 are men and 46,286 are women; 24,263 or 22.98% of its population were urban dwellers. The largest ethnic group reported in Debeweyin was the Somali

Somali people

Somalis are an ethnic group located in the Horn of Africa, also known as the Somali Peninsula. The overwhelming majority of Somalis speak the Somali language, which is part of the Cushitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family...

(97.47%).