Danan, Ethiopia

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Danan is a town in the eastern part of Ethiopia known as Ogaden. It is located in the Gode Zone of the Somali Region (or kilil). The Ethiopian Road Authority (ERA) announced a construction project to connect Danan with Kebri Dahar with 95 kilometers of paved road and construction of six large and medium bridges.[1]

Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, Danan has an estimated total population of 10,494, of whom 5,918 were males and 4,576 were females.[2] It is the largest settlement in Danan woreda.

Danan fell to the Italians in January, 1936 as part of the Second Italo-Abyssinian War.[3] After the attempted assassination of General Rodolfo Graziani (19 February 1937), it was used as a prison camp for hundreds of people arrested as part of the reprisals.[4]

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ "ERA building asphalt roads with 600mln birr in Somali State" (Walta Information Center, accessed 13 December 2007)
  2. ^ CSA 2005 National Statistics, Table B.4
  3. ^ Anthony Mockler, Haile Selassie's War (New York: Olive Branch, 2003), p. 127
  4. ^ Mockler, Haile Selassie's War, p. 177

Coordinates: 6°30′N 43°30′E / 6.5, 43.5

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