Dire Dawa (nearby watershed)
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Dire Dawa is a major city in eastern Ethiopia that serves as an important commercial and transport hub near the Awash River basin.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dire Dawa | 0 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | city ⓘ |
| administrativeStatus | chartered city ⓘ |
| climate | semi-arid climate ⓘ |
| connectedBy | Addis Ababa–Djibouti Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| connectedTo |
Addis Ababa
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Djibouti NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Ethiopia ⓘ |
| economicActivity |
manufacturing
ⓘ
trade ⓘ transport services ⓘ |
| hasAirport | Dire Dawa International Airport NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNearbyWatershed |
Awash River watershed
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
upper Awash basin ⓘ |
| hasRole |
railway junction
ⓘ
regional trade center ⓘ |
| hydrologicalFeatureNearby |
Awash River
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dechatu River floodplain NERFINISHED ⓘ Goro River catchment NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| importance | key node in Ethiopia’s import–export corridor via Djibouti ⓘ |
| is |
important transport hub in Ethiopia
ⓘ
major commercial hub in Ethiopia ⓘ |
| languageMajority | Amharic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageSignificant |
Oromo
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Somali NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Awash River basin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Great Rift Valley region (broadly defined) NERFINISHED ⓘ Horn of Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ eastern Ethiopia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Dechatu River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearBorderOf |
Oromia Region of Ethiopia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Somali Region of Ethiopia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearbyWaterBody |
Awash River
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dechatu River NERFINISHED ⓘ Goro River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Dire Dawa chartered city administration NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| populationScale | hundreds of thousands of inhabitants ⓘ |
| regionType | semi-arid ⓘ |
| religionMajority | Islam ⓘ |
| religionSignificant | Christianity NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| risk | flash floods ⓘ |
| servesAs | gateway between Ethiopia and Djibouti ⓘ |
| timeZone | East Africa Time ⓘ |
| transportMode |
air transport
ⓘ
railway ⓘ road transport ⓘ |
| utcOffset | +3 ⓘ |
| watershedContext | part of Awash River drainage system ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
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