Irgalem
Yirgalem
Yirgalem or Yirga 'Alem | |
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Yirgalem (
Postal service is provided by a main branch; electricity and telephone service are also available.[2]
History
Yirgalem was occupied by the Italians 1 December 1936 during their campaign against the remaining
Around 1957 there was no telephone landline connecting Irgalem; telecommunications were provided by a radio station. The next year, the town was one of 27 places in Ethiopia ranked as First Class Township. Installation of the landline between Irgalem and Addis Ababa was completed in late 1960. By that time a branch of the Ethiopian Electric Light and Power Authority[1] had started operation at Irgalem.[4]
The
A large integrated agro-industrial park is being built in the town and construction began on March 14. The park is expected to create 134,000 jobs for the region.[5]
Demographics
Based on figures from the
Notes
- ^ National Geographic Globe (Map). 1 : 31,363,200. Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society. 1965.
- ^ "Detailed statistics on infrastructure" Archived 2011-07-20 at the Wayback Machine, Southern Nations, Nationalities and People's Region, Bureau of Finance and Economic Development website (accessed 27 September 2009)
- ^ Anthony Mockler, Haile Selassie's War (New York: Olive Branch, 2003), p. 172.
- ^ a b "Local History in Ethiopia" The Nordic Africa Institute website (accessed 24 May 2012)
- ^ "Ethiopia inaugurates integrated agro-industrial park as part of the Programme for Country Partnership". www.unido.org. Retrieved 2017-05-31.
- ^ CSA 2005 National Statistics, Table B.4. Archived 23 November 2006 at the Wayback Machine