Английская Википедия:Chinaksen

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox settlement Chinaksen (Шаблон:Lang-om,lit.  "near the hole") is a town located in Chinaksen woreda, East Hararghe Zone of the eastern Oromia Region, Ethiopia. This city has a latitude and longitude of Шаблон:Coord with an elevation of 1816 meters above sea level. Chinaksan is a historical settlement with stone walls built at the foot of an oval hill; on the hill are ruins of fortifications of Adalite origins during the Adal Sultanate period.[1][2]

The writer Nega Mezlekia, an Amhara from Jijiga who had joined the Western Somali Liberation Front, relates how he participated in an attack on a Derg military training camp in Chinaksen. No prisoners were taken in the attack; those who surrendered were shot dead.[3] Early in the Ogaden War, Chinaksen was captured by Somali units as they advanced on Dire Dawa; it was recaptured by Ethiopian units between 5 and 9 February 1978.[4]

In late January 2009, the Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation completed a Шаблон:Convert electric power line from Jijiga to Chinhahsan, while constructing six power distributors in the town. This provided 24-hour electric service to Chinhahsan for the first time.[5]

Demographics

Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, Chinaksen had an estimated total population of 251,558 of whom 175,635 are men and 75,923 are women.[6]

The 1997 census reported this town had a total population of 7,753 of whom 3,951 were men and 3,802 women. The largest clan are jarso who made up to %98 of the population. Rest made up to %1,9 .[7]

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