Cities

Dire Dawa

Citation Formats

General Reference

Geography Atlas. "Dire Dawa." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-geography.interactiveatlas.org/cities/dire-dawa.

APA Style

Geography Atlas. (n.d.). Dire Dawa. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-geography.interactiveatlas.org/cities/dire-dawa

BibTeX

@misc{geographyatlas-dire-dawa,
  author = {Geography Atlas},
  title = {Dire Dawa},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://dev-geography.interactiveatlas.org/cities/dire-dawa},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

Dire Dawa is a city in eastern Ethiopia and one of two chartered cities in Ethiopia, the other being the capital, Addis Ababa.

Facts

Population

600,000 1

Area (sq km)

1213 1

Founding Year

1902 1

Population Estimate Year

2025 1

Elevation (m)

1276 1

Latitude

9.6 degrees north 1

Longitude

41.867 degrees east 1

Cross-Tradition Connections

Associated With

Ethiopia

Source Dire Dawa (Wikipedia)

On Continent

Africa

Sources

1. Dire Dawa (Wikipedia)

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Dire Dawa is a city in eastern Ethiopia near the Oromia Region and Oromo border and one of two chartered cities in Ethiopia (the other being Addis Ababa, the capital).

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1. Dire Dawa (Wikipedia)

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