Dader Explained

Dader
Native Name Lang:om
Settlement Type:Town
Pushpin Map:Ethiopia
Coordinates:9.3167°N 68°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Ethiopia
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Type2:Zone
Subdivision Name2:East Hararghe Zone
Subdivision Type3:Woreda
Subdivision Name3:Dadar
Population Total:13,710
Population As Of:2005
Blank Name:Climate
Blank Info:Cwb

Dader (Amharic: ደደር) is a town located in the East Hararghe Zone of the Oromia, Ethiopia with an altitude of above sea level. It is the administrative center of the Dader District.

Between 1954 and 1967 Deder received telephone service. Records at the Nordic Africa Institute website provide details of several schools in the town during the year 1968. By 1957 a Mennonite mission had been established in the town, which included a school and a hospital.[1]

In the 1930s Deder was a center of coffee production, having a coffee market on the saddle between the Mounts Oubi and Miinya. The town was occupied by the Italians 21 July 1936.[1]

Demographics

Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, Deder has an estimated total population of 13,710 of whom 6,592 are men and 7,118 are women.[2] The 1994 census reported this town had a total population of 7,675 of whom 3,575 were men and 4,100 were women.

Notes and References

  1. http://www.nai.uu.se/library/resources/dossiers/local_history_of_ethiopia/d/ORTDEB205.pdf "Local History in Ethiopia"
  2. http://www.csa.gov.et/text_files/2005_national_statistics.htm CSA 2005 National Statistics