Ayisha (Ethiopia)
Coordinates: 10 ° 45 ' N , 42 ° 34' E
Ayisha (also written as Ayesha or Aysha ) is a small town in the Shinile zone of the Somali region of Ethiopia . It is the main town of Woreda Ayisha and is located near the border with Djibouti and Somaliland / Somalia on the Addis Ababa – Djibouti railway line .
According to the 2005 census, Ayisha had 1,653 inhabitants. In 1997, 56.8% (630) of the population were Somali , 20.29% (225) Amharen , 11.27% (125) Oromo , 5.23% (58) Gurage and 2.88% (32) Tigray .
In Degago near Ayisha there was a camp for refugees from Somalia from 1989 to 2005, which was also called Ayisha or Aisha . In 2005 the UNHCR was able to close the camp as the majority of the refugees from Northern Somalia / Somaliland were repatriated. The refugees from southern and central Somalia, where the civil war continues , were transferred to the last camp at Kebri Beyah .
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- ↑ Central Statistical Agency : 2005 National Statistics, Section – B Population ( Memento of the original dated February 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Table B.4 (PDF; 1.8 MB).
- ↑ CSA: 1994 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia: Results for Somali Region, Vol. 1 ( Memento of the original from September 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 51.8 MB), 1998 (p. 72).
- ↑ Kitty McKinsey: Don't forget us, say Ethiopians as last Somali convoy heads home . UNHCR News Stories, May 26, 2005.
