Native Name: | Hadhagaala |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Pushpin Map: | Ethiopia |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Ethiopia |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name: | Ethiopia |
Subdivision Name1: | Somali |
Subdivision Type2: | Zone |
Subdivision Name2: | Sitti Zone |
Population As Of: | 2018 |
Population Total: | 80440 |
Coordinates: | 10.4167°N 56°W |
Elevation M: | 766 |
Adigala |
Hadhagaala or Adigala (Somali: Adhigale) is a small town in north-eastern Ethiopia. It is served by a station on the narrow gauge Ethio-Djibouti Railways. The railway reached Adigale in 1902. The station is about 100 km inside Ethiopia from the border with Djibouti.[1] The community living in the city mostly trades in the train
As of 2012, the population of Hadigale has been estimated to be 60,702. The town's inhabitants belong to mainly Afro-Asiatic-speaking Somali, with the yonis Musa, saad Musa and Furlabe Issa Somali predominant.
The town is the base for the Chinese funded Ethiopia-Djibouti cross border potable water project. The water project is funded by the Exim bank of China and is constructed by Chinese company CGCOC. The project is expected to launch towards the end of 2017 and will supply groundwater to the Djibouti towns of Ali Sabieh, Dikhil, Arta and Djibouti City.[2]