Āwuberē

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Awbere (also Aw Barre, Au Barre; Amharic አውበሬ Awberē ) is a place in the Jijiga Zone of the Somali Region of Ethiopia. It is the capital of the woreda Awbere and is located near the border with northern Somalia / Somaliland at an altitude of around 1550 m.

According to the Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia for 2005 Awbere had 35 977 inhabitants. In 1997, of 24,125 inhabitants, 64.72 % and 34.83 % Somali foreigners from Somalia.

From 1991 to 2001, there was near a refugee camp called Teferi Ber. Housed - as well as the warehouse of Derwonaji - mostly members of the Gadabursi Dir clans in northern Somalia, who had fled fighting between the SNM of the Isaaq clans and local militias. The population was initially at up to 98,000, in September 1994, it had dropped to about 41,000, since after a calm things down a part of the refugees returned, and were excluded by screening local Somali who had mingled with the refugees. On June 30, 2001 Derwonaji Teferi Ber and could be closed, as most of the refugees had returned independently or through organized return programs.

Opened in 2007, the UNHCR again a camp near Awbere to accommodate newly arrived refugees from southern and central Somalia. This camp was named Awbere. Another warehouse was added in 2008 at the nearby Sheder.

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• Place in Somaliland
• Refugee camp
• Place in Africa