Durba Explained

Official Name:Galan
Native Name Lang:om
Settlement Type:Town
Pushpin Map:Ethiopia#Africa
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location within Ethiopia
Pushpin Mapsize:300
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Ethiopia
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Type2:Zone
Subdivision Name2:Oromia Special Zone Surrounding Finfinne
Unit Pref:Imperial
Timezone:EAT
Utc Offset:+3

Dubra (Oromo: "virgin"[1]) is a town in central Ethiopia. Located in the Oromia Special Zone Surrounding Finfinne, about 70 km north of Addis Ababa, this town has a latitude and longitude of 9.4333°N 77°W with an elevation of 2450 meters above sea level. The town sits above the canyon of the Muger River, near the largest falls of the Muger.[1]

Dubra is important for being one of the major sites for the production of cement in Ethiopia. In 2006, the Muger Cement Factory plant announced it would expand its facilities.[2] In 2008, Mohammed Al-Amoudi's Derba Midroc Cement company announced it would establish its own cement factory 8 km from Durba.[3] [4]

Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, Dubra has an estimated total population of 2,188 of whom 1,053 were men and 1,135 were women.[5] The 1994 census reported this town had a total population of 1,225 of whom 571 were men and 654 were women. It is one of six towns in Mulona Sululta woreda.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Lindahl. Bernhard. Local History in Ethiopia. Dem Bahir - Dhera. 28. Nordic Africa Institute. Uppsala. 2005. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20070616233457/http://www.nai.uu.se/library/resources/dossiers/local_history_of_ethiopia/d/ORTDEM.pdf. 2007-06-16.
  2. News: Mikias Makonnen. Chinese firm to construct $100mln cement factory. Capital. Crown Publishing. Addis Ababa. 2006-04-18. 2008-08-27. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110719150625/http://www.capitalethiopia.com/archive/2006/April/week3/Chinese%20firm%20to%20construct%20%24100mln%20cement%20factory.htm. 2011-07-19.
  3. Web site: European Investment Bank. European Investment Bank. ESIA Summary. 2008-08-27.
  4. News: Ethiopia / EIB lends EUR 29 million for Derba Midroc Cement Factory. African Press Organization (APO). 2008-06-26. 2008-08-27. (Note that this source identifies the site as being 70km south of Addis Ababa.)
  5. http://www.csa.gov.et/text_files/2005_national_statistics.htm CSA 2005 National Statistics