Daroor
Degmada Daroor
Map of Jarar Zone
Map of Jarar Zone
Daroor is located in Ethiopia
Daroor
Daroor
Location within Ethiopia
Coordinates: 8°13′24″N 44°41′41″E / 8.22333°N 44.69472°E / 8.22333; 44.69472
Country Ethiopia
RegionSomali
ZoneJarar zone
DistrictsDaroor
Elevation
943 m (3,094 ft)
Time zoneUTC+3 (EAT)

Daroor (Somali: Daroor, also spelled Darror, Daror, and Darar,[1] Ge'ez ዳሮር) is a town in the Misraq Gashamo woreda, in the Somali Region of Ethiopia. It is frequently considered part of the Haud. It is approximately 30 km south of the border with Somaliland.

History

In 2005 Daroor had 34,016 inhabitants, according to the Ethiopian Central Statistical Agency.[2] In 1997 of 9,397 inhabitants 99,47% of these were Somali, and 50 residents were from other ethnic groups.[3] In 1988 a refugee camp was set up for Somalis. The refugee camp housed predominantly members of the Yonis Abdirahman, a sub-sub clan of Ciidagale a sub-clan of the Garhajis Isaaq clan. The camp's population fell from around 32000 to 12000 in September 1994. After renewed fighting in November, the population rose to 49.000.[4] At the end of 2001 / the beginning of 2002 the camp was closed after most refugees voluntarily went home.[5]

The economy of the area was strongly affected when the Saudi Arabian 1998 import of cattle from northeast Africa stopped.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-01-01. Retrieved 2017-05-31.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ↑ "2005 National statistics, section-B population, table b.4 (PDF)" (PDF). csa.gov.et. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 February 2016. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
  3. ↑ "the 1994 population and housing census of Ethiopia: results for Somali region, volume I: part I. statistical report on population size characteristics, 1998 (PDF), S. 73" (PDF). csa.gov.et. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
  4. ↑ Guido ambroso: pastoral society and transnational refugees: population movements in Somaliland and Eastern Ethiopia 1988-2000. new issues in refugee research, working paper No. 65, UNHCR - evaluation and policy analysis unit, 2002 (PDF; 492 survey)
  5. ↑ return of 2,400 Somali refugees leads to closing of third camp in Ethiopia, February 2, 2002.
  6. ↑ Joachim D. Ahrens, field officer, UNDP emergencies unit for Ethiopia: cessation of livestock export severely affects the pastoralist economy of Somali region (mission: 31 March to April 7, 1998


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