Place:Dire Dawa, Hārergē, Ethiopia

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NameDire Dawa
Alt namesDiredawasource: Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) p 334
Dirē Dawasource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeCity
Coordinates9.583°N 41.867°E
Located inHārergē, Ethiopia
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Dire Dawa (; , meaning "where Dir hit his spear into the ground" or "The true Dir",) is a city in eastern Ethiopia near the Oromia and Somali Region border and one of two chartered cities in Ethiopia (the other being Addis Ababa, the capital). Dire Dawa alongside present-day Sitti Zone were apart of the Dire Dawa autonomous region stipulated in the 1987 Ethiopian Constitution until 1993 when it was split by the federal government into a separately administered chartered city. This was due to the ongoing clashes between the OLF and IGLF and prevented any further escalation.

It is divided administratively into two woredas, the city proper and the non-urban woreda of Gurgura.

Dire Dawa lies in the eastern part of the nation, on the Dechatu River, at the foot of a ring of cliffs. The western outskirts of the city lie on the Gorro River, a tributary of the Dechatu River. It is located at the latitude and longitude of . The city is an industrial centre, home to several markets and the Dire Dawa Airport.

The projected population for 2015 was 440,000 for the entire chartered city and 277,000 for the city proper, making the latter the seventh largest city in Ethiopia.

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