Dila, Ethiopia

Coordinates: 6°24′30″N 38°18′30″E / 6.40833°N 38.30833°E / 6.40833; 38.30833
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This article is about the city in Ethiopia. For the town in Gedeo Zone, see Dilla. For the American record producer, see J Dilla.
Dilla
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Town
UTC+3 (EAT)
ClimateAw

Dilla (

Wenago woreda and is currently surrounded by Dilla Zuria
woreda.

Until the completion in the early 1970s of the tarmac road to the Kenya border, Dilla had been located at the southern end of the all-weather road from

coffee varietals
). It remains a major center of the coffee trade.

According to the former SNNPR's Bureau of Finance and Economic Development, as of 2003[update] Dilla's amenities include digital telephone access, postal service, 24-hour electrical service, numerous banks, and a hospital.

stelae fields are in the surrounding area, the most notable groups being those at Tutu Fella and Tutiti
.

History

Around 1930, groups of

Natal Mounted Rifles and the 6th KAR, with light tanks and armoured cars, moved forward towards Dilla. Almost to its own surprise, this scouting operation cut off the retreat of the 21st and 24th Italian Divisions, pinning them against the east side of Lake Abaya.[5]

By 1958 Dilla was one of 27 places in Ethiopia ranked as First Class Township. The

Imperial Railway Company of Ethiopia carried out surveys for extending the railway with a 310 km line from Adama to Dilla between 1960 and 1963. The government formed a Nazareth-Dilla Railway Development Corporation to support this new branch. Although the French government offered a loan to fund this new branch in 1965, and Yugoslav experts had studied and thought the project would be worthwhile, this project was never carried out.[6]

Outside Dilla is Michille (ሚችሌ) hill, where a peasant uprising by the

Afanegus Eshate Gada to meet him and discuss their grievances with the feudal system they lived under, were ambushed and slaughtered by the army.[7]

On 22 July 1998 there were violent clashes near Dila. The press published conflicting statements about who the parties were and how many had been killed. Ethiopian government spokeswoman Selome Taddesse said that about 140 people were killed and large numbers at least temporarily displaced.[5]

On October 12, 2008, Bekele Girma, an All Ethiopian Unity Party (AEUP) activist, left AEUP's head office in Addis Ababa to open an office in Dila. Despite having a letter from the National Election Board of Ethiopia requesting regional government officials to assist him in opening a local office, Dilla police chief Obsa Hundessa detained Bekele and refused to allow him to open an office in that town. Bekele was released in November.[8]

Demographics

Based on the 2007 Census conducted by the CSA, this town had a total population of 59,150, of whom 31,068 were male and 28,082 female. The plurality of the inhabitants practiced

Catholic
. [9]

The 1994 national census reported this town had a total population of 33,734 of whom 17,346 were male and 16,388 were female.[10]

Notes

  1. ^ "Population and Housing Census 2007 – SNNPR Statistical" (PDF). Ethiopian Statistical Agency. 2007. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
  2. ^ "Population Projection Towns as of July 2021" (PDF). Ethiopian Statistics Agency. 2021. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
  3. ^ "Detailed statistics on hotels and tourism" Archived May 31, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, Bureau of Finance and Economic Development website (accessed 4 September 2009)
  4. ^ ""The official website of Dilla University"". Archived from the original on 2010-03-04. Retrieved 2010-03-28.
  5. ^ a b "Local History in Ethiopia" Archived 2008-05-28 at the Wayback Machine (pdf) The Nordic Africa Institute website (accessed 26 November 2007)
  6. ^ "THE RAILWAY LINE - THE FRANCO ETHIOPIAN RAILWAY FROM 1900 TO 1980.", (in French), Jean-Pierre Crozet (accessed 17 July 2017)
  7. ^ Bahru Zewde, A History of Modern Ethiopia, second edition (London: James Currey, 2001), p.218; T. Kippie Kanshie, "Five thousand years of sustainability? A case study on Gedeo land use Archived 2011-09-28 at the Wayback Machine" PhD dissertation (May 2002), p. 29
  8. ^ "2008 Human Rights Reports: Ethiopia - Section 3 Respect for Political Rights: The Right of Citizens to Change Their Government", United States Department of State website (accessed 26 May 2009)
  9. ^ Census 2007 Tables: Southern Peoples, Nations and Nationalities Region Archived November 13, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, Tables 2.1, and 3.4.
  10. ^ "Population and Housing Census 1994 – SNNPR Region" (PDF). Ethiopian Statistical Agency. 1994. Retrieved 31 May 2022.

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