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Afdem ( Ge'ez አፍደም Afdäm ) is the main town of the same name in the Woreda Afdem Shinile zone in the Somali region of Ethiopia. According to the Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia of 2005, he had 2,129 inhabitants

The village was founded in 1902-1915 as a station on the railway line from Addis Ababa to Djibouti. It was founded at the foot of the 2048 meter high mountain Afdem to supply the steam locomotives with water. Rail passengers who were in the morning gone into Dire Dawa, were able to cater to the station of Afdem and stayed in the station at Awash. At the time of the Italian occupation of Ethiopia, the steam locomotives were replaced by Littorina locomotives, bringing the travel time between Addis Ababa and Dire Dawa shortened from two days to one day. The trains stopped now about noon on Awash, and consequently the station Afdem lost its importance. 1984 the village had 805 inhabitants.

Administratively Afdem belonged to the province Harerge ( Hararghe ) and from 1987 to West Harerge. With the introduction of the new administrative division of Ethiopia in the early 1990s, it acquired its present division.

In the area there are conflicts between the Issa - Somali and Afar living further north. Of 1997, 1428 inhabitants, 69.54 % Somali, Oromo 20.39 % and 7.63 % Amhara, 1.9% belonged to other ethnic groups.

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• Place in Somaliland
• Place in Africa