Chinhahsan

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Coordinates: 9 ° 30 '  N , 42 ° 42'  E

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Chinhahsan ( Somali Jinacsani , also Chinahasen , Chinhaksen , Chinaksen , Chenakson , Ch'ina Hasen , Chinhausen , Jinaasene , Gianasse , Ginesenei , Genesenei ) is a place in eastern Ethiopia . It lies at an altitude of 1816 m and is disputed between the Somali and Oromia regions .

According to the Central Statistics Agency of Ethiopia for 2005, Chinhahsan had 11,558 inhabitants. In 1997, 67.92% of the 7,753 inhabitants were Oromo , 20.58% Somali and 10.79% Amhars .

According to the Central Statistics Agency documents from 1998 and 2005, Chinhahsan belongs to the woreda Jijiga in the Jijiga zone of the Somali region. In 2007 a woreda Chinaksan in the eastern Harerge zone of Oromia is mentioned for the first time. In a report by the Ethiopian News Agency , Chinhahsan is referred to as a location in the East Harerge Zone.

history

During the Ogad War , Chinhahsan was captured by Somali troops advancing on Dire Dawa . Between February 5 and 9, 1978, Ethiopian and Cuban troops retook Chinhahsan and other places such as Milo, Anonomite, Belewa, Ejarso Goro and Gursum .

In 2004 referendums were held in various disputed areas between the Somali and Oromia regions to determine who they belonged to. However, the border dispute could not be resolved as a result, as the Somali in particular have accused of fraud. One of the controversial results is the transfer from Chinhahsan to Oromia.

At the end of January 2009, the Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation constructed a 27 km long power line from Jijiga to Chinhahsan to supply the town with electricity 24 hours a day for the first time.

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  1. ↑ a b c cf. Faisal A. Roble: Somalis: You “ain't” seen nothing yet , in: Hiiraan Online, 2004, The Tears of Justice and The Power Abuse in the Somali Region ( Memento from August 26, 2010 in the Internet Archive ), in: WardheerNews.Com, March 19, 2005
  2. ↑ a b Nordiska Afrikainstitutet: Local History of Ethiopia (PDF)
  3. ↑ a b Central Ethiopian Statistics Agency : 2005 National Statistics, Section – B Population ( Memento from February 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), Table B.4 (PDF; 1.8 MB)
  4. ↑ a b The 1994 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia: Results for Somali Region, Volume I: Part I. Statistical Report on Population Size and Characteristics ( Memento of 23 September 2015 in the Internet Archive ), 1998 (PDF; 51.8 MB )
  5. ↑ Central Ethiopian Statistics Agency : Summary and Statistical Report of the 2007 Population and Housing Census Results ( Memento of March 5, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 4.7 MB), p. 69
  6. ↑ a b page no longer available , search in web archives: Chinakson Town gets 24 hr electric power service , in: Ethiopian News Agency , January 31, 2009@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.ena.gov.et
  7. ^ Gebru Tareke: The Ethiopia-Somalia War of 1977 Revisited , in: International Journal of African Historical Studies 33, 2002