Danan, Ethiopia

6.543.5Koordinaten: 6 ° 30 'N, 43 ° 30' E

Danan (also Danaan, Amharic ደናን Denan ) is a locality in the Gode Zone of the Somali Region of Ethiopia. It is the capital of the eponymous Woreda Danan.

The name means " salty" in Somali and refers to the salt content in the water, the positive effect on the camels effect. The inhabitants operate for about a century agriculture, an important horticultural product is sorghum. In addition, cattle are kept.

According to the Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia in 2005 had 10,494 inhabitants Danan. 1997 there were 7,030 inhabitants of 99.96 % Somali, three were Amhara.

The area around Danan of drought and famine in 2000/ 01 and 2006 was affected. Much of the media coverage of the drought of 2000 was related to Danan, because the Ethiopian authorities granted to foreign media and aid organizations primarily via the nearby town of Gode access. Areas that were not (completely) under control of the army, however, received little attention.

Since 2007, the Somali region has exacerbated the conflict between the separatist Ogaden National Liberation Front ( ONLF ) and the Ethiopian army. In April 2007, the ONLF attacked the military base in Danan. According to Human Rights Watch then young men were recruited from the place forcibly for the fight against the rebels, and ten men who refused were shot.

Began in 2007, the Ethiopian Roads Authority with the construction of a paved road from Kebri Dehar by Danan.

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• Place in Somaliland
• Place in Africa