Danan
Coordinates: 6 ° 30 ' N , 43 ° 30' E
Danan (also Danaan , Amharic ደናን Denan ) is a place in the Gode zone of the Somali region in Ethiopia . It is the capital of the woreda of the same name, Danan .
The place name means "salty" in Somali and refers to the salt content in the water, which has a positive effect on the camels. The inhabitants have been farming for about a century, the most important crop is sorghum . Cattle are also kept.
According to the Central Statistics Agency of Ethiopia for 2005, Danan had 10,494 inhabitants. In 1997, 99.96% of the 7,030 inhabitants were Somali , three were Amhars .
In 2000/01 and 2006 the area around Danan was hit by drought and famine. Much of the media coverage of the 2000 drought related to Danan, as the Ethiopian authorities gave foreign media and aid organizations access primarily through the nearby town of Gode . Areas that were not (fully) under the control of the army, however, received little attention.
Since 2007 the conflict between the separatist Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) and the Ethiopian army has intensified in the Somali region . In April 2007, the ONLF attacked the military base in Danan. Human Rights Watch said that local young men were then forcibly recruited to fight the rebels and ten men who refused were shot.
In 2007, the Ethiopian Roads Authority began building a paved road from Kebri Dehar to Danan.
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- ↑ a b Human Rights Watch: Collective Punishment - War Crimes and Crimes against Humanity in the Ogaden area of Ethiopia's Somali Region , 2008
- ↑ a b 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)
- ↑ Save the Children / DPPE: Gode Agropastoral Livelihood Zone ( Memento of the original from May 2, 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. (PDF; 871 kB), 2001
- ↑ 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 the original from September 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and still Not checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , 1998 (PDF; 51.8 MB), p. 74
- ↑ Horn of Africa: WFP says food shortages widespread , June 4, 2001
- ↑ Ethiopia: Southeastern region ravaged by drought , in: IRIN News, January 20, 2006
- ^ Sylvie Brunel: How to play the aid game , in: Le Monde diplomatique , 2000
- ↑ Somalistate.com: ERA building asphalt roads with 600mln birr in Somali State ( Memento of the original from February 1, 2014 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. , December 1, 2007
