Chinhahsan

Chinhahsan (also transliterated Chinaksen) is a city in eastern Ethiopia. Located in the East Hararghe Zone of the Oromia Region, this city has a latitude and longitude of 9°30′N 42°42′E with an elevation of 1816 meters above sea level.

Chinhahsan
Chinhahsan
Location within Ethiopia
Coordinates: 9°30′N 42°42′E
CountryEthiopia
RegionOromia
ZoneEast Hararghe
Elevation
1,816 m (5,958 ft)
Population
 (2007)
 • Total12,261
Time zoneUTC+3 (EAT)

Chinhahsan is a historical settlement with stone walls built at the foot of an oval hill; on the hill are ruins of fortifications possibly of Oromia origins during the Adal Sultanate period.[1][2]

The writer Nega Mezlekia, an Amhara from Jijiga who had joined the Western Somali Liberation Movement, relates how he participated in an attack on a Derg military training camp in Chinhahsan. No prisoners were taken in the attack; those who surrendered were shot dead.[3] Early in the Ogaden War, Chinhahsan was captured by Somali units as they advanced on Dire Dawa; it was recaptured by Ethiopian units between 5 and 9 February 1978.[4]

In late January 2009, the Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation completed a 27 km (17 mi) electric power line from Jijiga to Chinhahsan, while constructing six power distributors in the town. This provided 24-hour electric service to Chinhahsan for the first time.[5]

Demographics

Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, Chinhahsan had an estimated total population of 11,558 of whom 5,981 are men and 5,577 are women.[6] According to the 1994 national census this city had a population of 56,821 people. This town is one of the two largest settlements in Jijiga woreda.

The 1997 census reported this town had a total population of 7,753 of whom 3,951 were men and 3,802 women. The three largest ethnic groups reported in this town were the Oromo (64.72%), Somali (20.59%), and the Amhara (10.8%); all other ethnic groups made up the remaining 3.89% of the residents.[7]

References
  1. Shihāb al-Dīn Aḥmad ibn ʻAbd al-Qādir ʻArabfaqīh, Translated by Paul Stenhouse, Richard Pankhurst (2003). The conquest of Abyssinia: 16th century. Tsehai Publishers & Distributors. p. 77.
  2. Northeast African Studies. Volume 11. African Studies Center, Michigan State University. 1989. p. 115.
  3. "Local History in Ethiopia" The Nordic Africa Institute website (accessed 1 March 2009)
  4. Gebru Tareke, "The Ethiopia-Somalia War of 1977 Revisited," International Journal of African Historical Studies, 2000 (33), p. 658
  5. "Chinakson Town gets 24 hr electric power service", Ethiopian News Agency, 29 January 2009 (accessed 28 May 2009)
  6. CSA 2005 National Statistics Archived November 13, 2009, at the Wayback Machine, Table B.4
  7. 1994 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia: Results for Somali Region, Vol. 1 Archived November 19, 2008, at the Wayback Machine Tables 2.4, 2.13 (accessed 10 January 2009). The results of the 1994 census in the Somali Region were not satisfactory, so the census was repeated in 1997.
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