List of cities in Ethiopia

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The list of cities in Ethiopia provides an overview of the population development in the larger cities of the East African state of Ethiopia .

The table contains the cities with more than 40,000 inhabitants (according to the 2016 projection based on the results of the 2007 census), the results of the censuses of May 9, 1984, October 11, 1994, May 28, 2007 and an estimate of the Central statistical agency for the year 2016. The administrative unit ( region , possibly zone and woreda ) to which the city belongs is also listed. The capital Addis Ababa and the city of Dire Dawa are independent and do not belong to any state.

The population of all cities relates to the actual city without suburbs and comes from the official censuses and estimates. With suburban belts, cities can have many more inhabitants than stated here. Together with the suburbs, the city of Addis Ababa could have had an estimated 4.5-5.0 million inhabitants in 2016. The next census is scheduled for the course of 2018, then there will be more clarity and the very different numbers and estimates from source to source can be reduced to a common basis.

rank Surname
1984 census

1994 census

2007 census

2016 estimate
Region
(Zone / Woreda)
1. Addis Ababa 1,412,575 2,112,737 2,739,551 3,352,000 Addis Ababa
2. Gondar 80,886 112,249 207.044 341.991 Amhara (Semien Gondar)
3. Mek'ele 61,583 96,938 215.914 340.859 Tigray (Mekele Special Zone)
4th Adama 76.284 127,842 220.212 338.940 Oromia (Adama Special Zone)
5. Hawassa 36,169 69,169 157.139 318,618 South (Hawassa Special Zone)
6th Bahir Dar 54,800 96.140 155,428 297.794 Amhara (Bahir Dar Special Zone)
7th Dire Dawa 98.104 164,851 233.224 285,000 Dire Dawa
8th. This 68,848 97.314 120,095 198,428 Amhara (Debub Wollo)
9. Jimma 60.992 88,867 120,960 186.148 Oromia (Jimma Special Zone)
10. Jijiga 23,183 56,821 125,876 164,321 Somali (Jijiga)
11. Shashamane 31,531 52,080 100,454 154,587 Oromia (Mirab Arsi)
12. Bishoftu 51.143 73,372 99,928 153,847 Oromia (Misraq Shewa)
13. Soddo 24,592 36,287 76,050 153,322 South (Wolayita Zone)
14th Arba Minch 23,032 40,020 74,879 151.013 South (Gamo Gofa Zone)
15th Hosaena 15,167 31,701 69.995 141,352 South (Hadiya Zone)
16. Harar 62.160 76,378 99,368 133,000 Harar
17th Dilla 23,936 33,734 59,150 119.276 South (Gedeo Zone)
18th Nek'emte 28,824 47,258 75.219 115,741 Oromia (Misraq Welega)
19th Debre Birhan 25,753 38,717 65,231 107,827 Amhara (Semiem Shewa)
20th Assela 36,720 47,391 67,269 103,522 Oromia (Arsi)
21st Debre Mark'os 39,808 49.297 62,497 103.263 Amhara (Misraq Gojjam)
22nd Kombolcha 15,782 39,466 58,667 96,968 Amhara (Debub Wollo)
23. Debre Tabor ... ... 55,596 91,968 Amhara (Debub Gondar)
24. Adigrat 16,262 37,417 57,588 90,658 Tigray (Misraqawi Tigray)
25th Woldiya 15,690 24,533 46.139 76,331 Amhara (Semien Wollo)
26th Sebeta ... ... 49,331 75,929 Oromia (Debub Mirab Shewa)
27. Burayu .. ... 48,876 75,232 Oromia (Burayu Special Zone)
28. Shire (Inda Selassie) 12,846 25,269 47.284 74.503 Tigray (Semien Mirabawi Tigray)
29 Ambo 17,325 27,636 48.171 74,120 Oromia (Mirab Shewa)
30th Arsi Negele 13.096 23,512 47,292 72,789 Oromia (Mirab Arsi / Arsi Negele)
31. Aksum 17,753 27,148 44,647 70,360 Tigray (Mehakelegnaw Tigray)
32. Gambela ... 18,263 39,022 70,099 Gambela (Agnewak Zone)
33. Bale robe ... ... 44,382 68.294 Oromia (Bale)
34. Butajira ... ... 33,406 67,468 South (Gurage Zone)
35. Ziway ... ... 43,660 67,162 Oromia (Misraq Shewa)
36. Adwa 13,823 24,519 40,500 63,759 Tigray (Mehakelegnaw Tigray)
37. Areka ... ... 31,408 63,452 South (Wolayita Zone / Boloso Sore)
38. Yirgalem 16.003 24,183 30,348 60,260 South (Sidama Zone / Dale)
39. Woliso 16,811 25,491 37,878 58,296 Oromia (Debub Mirab Shewa)
40. Welkite ... ... 28,866 58,223 South (Gurage Zone)
41. Gode ... ... 43,234 56,398 Somali (Gode)
42. Meki ... ... .36.252 55,772 Oromia (Misraq Shewa / Dugda)
43. Negele 11,997 23,997 35,264 54,251 Oromia (Guji)
44. Alaba Kulito ... ... 26,867 54.203 South (Halaba Special Woreda)
45. Alamat'a 14,030 26,179 33.214 52,435 Tigray (Debubawi Tigray)
46. Chiro ... ... 33,670 51,782 Oromia (Mirab Hararge)
47. Tapi ... ... 24,829 50,065 South (Sheka Zone / Yeki)
48. Durame ... ... 24,472 49,461 South (Kembato Tembaro Zone)
49. Goba 22,963 28,358 32,025 49,309 Oromia (Bale)
50. Asosa 4.159 11,749 24.214 49,145 Benishangul-Gumuz (Asosa)
51. Bodite ... ... 24,133 48,739 South (Wolayita Zone / Darnot Gale)
52. Gimbi ... ... 30,981 47,674 Oromia (Mirab Welega)
53. Wukro ... ... 30.210 47,611 Tigray (Misraqawi Tigray)
54. Haro Maya ... ... 30,728 47,283 Oromia (Misraq Hararge / Haro Maya)
55. Mizan ... ... 23,144 46,642 South (Bench Maji Zone / Mizan Aman)
56. Sewula ... ... 22,704 45,846 South (Gamo Gofa Zone)
57. Modjo ... ... 29,547 45,482 Oromia (Misraq Shewa / Dugda)
58. Denbi Dollo ... ... 29,448 45,309 Oromia (Kerem Welega)
59. Aleta Wondo ... ... 22.093 44,544 South (Sidama Zone / Aleta Wondo)
60. Metu ... ... 28,782 44,296 Oromia (Illu Aba Bora)
61. Mota ... ... 26,177 43,322 Amhara (Misraq Gojjam / Hulet Ej Enese)
62. Fiche ... ... 27,493 42,334 Oromia (Semien Shewa)
63. Finote Selam ... ... 25,913 42,882 Amhara (Mirab Gojjam)
64. Hagger Mariyam 27,820 42,801 Oromia (Borena / Bule Hora)
65. Bonga ... ... 20,858 42.097 South (Keffa Zone)
66. Kobo ... ... 24,867 41,122 Amhara (Semien Wollo / Kobo)
67. Jinka ... ... 20,267 41,071 South (South Omo Zone / Debub Ari)
68. Dangila ... ... 24,827 41,067 Amhara (Awi / Dangila)
69. Degehabur ... 28,708 30,027 39,182 Somali (Degehabur)
70. Agaro 18,764 23,246 25,258 39,174 Oromia (Jimma)

Source: Central Statistics Agency of Ethiopia

The cities in italics did not have their own urban woreda (district) in 2007, but rather belonged to a woreda that also included other urban settlements. While the published data for the 2007 census shows the population for each individual urban settlement, the 2016 projection does not. There only the urban population is given for each woreda. The figures for 2016 for these locations are calculated as follows: The percentage of a city in the urban population in 2007 is compared to the projection of the urban population in this woreda for 2016 (example: Mota had 26,177 inhabitants in 2007, 85.56% of the urban population of the Hulet Ej Enese Woreda (30,594). According to the projection of the statistics agency, 50,634 people lived in urban settlements in this woreda in 2016, 85.56% of this number corresponds to 43,222 calculated inhabitants for Mota.

With a suburban belt (metropolitan region or metro area ) the figures in the table would be significantly larger. Outside of the German-speaking area, the population of a larger city is sometimes simply given as the population of the metropolitan region, which then leads to very different figures depending on the source, without knowing where the discrepancies come from. In the case of Ethiopia, a distinction must also be made between the actual city and the region. The woreda in which the city is located often has the same name as the actual city.

Things get even more complex at Dire Dawa, Addis Ababa and Harar . Similar to Addis Ababa, the city of Dire Dawa has the status of a constituted city , whereby the area of ​​the composed city of Dire Dawa includes the actual city of Dire Dawa, which is located within the (larger) woreda Dire Dawa, to which a second woreda gurgura is added , which together then make up the composed city of Dire Dawa. In the case of Harar, the city lies within the ethnic region (state) of the same name ( Harar (region) ), which is only slightly larger than the city of Harar. Here, too, there are occasional mix-ups.

Addis Ababa has long grown together with its own bacon belt and has swallowed the cities and towns in it. From the edge of the metropolis of Addis Ababa to the center it is a quick 20 kilometers. The Bole International Airport in Addis Ababa is six kilometers from the city center, was built outside the city in the early 1960s. It is now almost in the city center. As the city grew, the city limits did not always grow with it. Therefore, a special zone was created outside Addis Ababa, which also includes the merged districts, proper name Special Zone of Oromia around Finfinne . (Finfinne is the name given to the city of Addis Ababa by the Oromo ethnic group , on whose territory Oromia Addis Ababa is located.) This special zone of Oromia around Finfinne has an unknown population, as this special zone was only established in 2008. All in all, Addis Ababa has an unknown population that could be significantly larger than the officially estimated numbers.

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Central Statistics Agency (Ethiopia): Population and Household Census Ethiopia 2007, Amhara region. (PDF) (No longer available online.) In: www.csa.gov.et. Archived from the original on January 19, 2017 ; Retrieved August 25, 2016 . 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.csa.gov.et
  2. Central Statistics Agency (Ethiopia): Population Projection of Ethiopia from all Regions at Wereda Level for 2014–2017. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on October 17, 2015 ; Retrieved August 25, 2016 (English, Amharic). 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.csa.gov.et
  3. Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia: Population figures of all cities in Ethiopia ( Memento from November 24, 2007 in the Internet Archive )