Elidar
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| Elidar | |
  Elidar
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| Country | Ethiopia |
| Region | Afar Region |
| Zone | Administrative Zone 1 |
| Population (2005) | |
| - Total | 2,228 (est) |
Elidar is a town in northeastern Ethiopia. Located in Administrative Zone 1 of the Afar Region, in the angle formed by the border with Djibouti to the south, and Eritrea to the northeast, it has alatitude and longitude of with an elevation of 418 meters above sea level. Elidar is named for the salt pan that occupies the eastern end of Elidar woreda.
Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, this town has an estimated total population of 2228, of whom 1232 were males and 996 were females.[1]
Elidar existed at least as early as the 1930s, the period the Swiss wife of an Italian engineer recalled visiting a military fort there in her memoirs.[2] Philip Briggs described Elidar (which he calls "Dobi") 60 years later as "little more than a collection of rickety shacks that provide shelter from the sun and sell lukewarm soda and beer."[3]
[edit] References
- ^ CSA 2005 National Statistics, Table B.4
- ^ "Local History in Ethiopia" (pdf) The Nordic Africa Institute website (accessed 27 December 2007)
- ^ Philip Briggs, Ethiopia: The Bradt Travel Guide, 3rd edition (Chalfont St Peters: Bradt, 2002), p. 349
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