Kebri Dahar
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Kebri Dehar (also Kebridehar, K'ebri Dehar, Qebri Dehar, Kabri Dahar, Kabridahar, Qabridahare, Khebre Dahar, Qebri Deharre, Gabredarre, Kabri Dar, Ge'ez ቀብሪ ደሃር ) is a city in the Korahe zone of the Somali region in Ethiopia. It is the capital of the eponymous Woreda Kebri Dehar, on the river Fafen.
According to the Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia for 2005 Kebri Dehar had 36 191 inhabitants. Of 1997, 24 263 inhabitants 89.02 % Somali, Amhara 2.58%, 0.96 % and 0.54 % Oromo Gurage, 6.9% belonged to other ethnic groups. As a result of drought attract farmers and ranchers from the surrounding areas by Kebri Dehar.
1948 Ethiopian district governors were sent to Kebri Dehar, after Kalafo and Warder. Thus, the eastern part of the Ogadengebietes was first administered by Ethiopia.
In Ogadenkrieg Kebri Dehar was taken towards the end of July 1977 by Somali troops. The Ninth Brigade of the Ethiopian army, which had done a fierce resistance, retired to Harar. On March 8, 1978 Ethiopian troops retook the town.
Since 2007, the Somali region has exacerbated the conflict between the separatist Ogaden National Liberation Front ( ONLF ) and the Ethiopian army, the Korahe zone is one of the affected areas. Human Rights Watch said that prisoners were tortured at the military base of Kebri Dehar, women were raped by soldiers.
Kebri Dehar has the most important market in the Korahe zone. In addition to local livestock and food imported goods such as clothing and electrical household appliances are introduced via Boosaaso and food from Burao, exist to a lesser extent compounds with Mogadishu and Hargeysa. The city has telephone connections and for about six hours a day on electricity. There is a public hospital, which is, however, poorly equipped, and a military hospital, which is the Army reserved. The schools in Kebri Dehar were built in the time Haile Selassie and are considered dilapidated. Kebri Dehar is located on the road from Degehabur to Gode, another road connects the town with Shilabo. Furthermore, the town has an airport with a gravel road. Began in 2007, the Ethiopian Roads Authority with the construction of paved roads to Shekosh and Danan.
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