Awash Subah is a market town in central Ethiopia . Located in Administrative Zone 3 of the Afar Region , above a gorge on the Awash River , after which the town is named, the town lies on the Addis Ababa–Djibouti Railway , which crosses the gorge by a bridge there. It is the largest settlement in Awash Fentale woreda .
17-819: [REDACTED] Look up awash in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Awash may refer to: Awash, Ethiopia , a town in Ethiopia Awash River , a river in Ethiopia Awash National Park , in Ethiopia Awash International Bank , in Ethiopia In nautical terminology, with water washing across the decks See also [ edit ] All pages with titles containing Awash Avas ,
34-677: A hill of volcanic origin in Miskolc, Hungary Avaş , a village and municipality in the Yardymli District of Azerbaijan Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Awash . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Awash&oldid=1161566890 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
51-654: A similar formation with a Ghanaian brigade taking the place of a Nigerian brigade. The 1st (African) Division fought in East Africa . Between 4 February to 26 February, during the East African Campaign , the division fought its only battle on the Juba . On 28 July 1941 the headquarters closed in Ethiopia , transferring to Nairobi , where it opened again on 20 August. It took command of new formations upon
68-658: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Awash, Ethiopia Awash lies outside the Awash National Park , which is known for its wildlife, for the Mount Fentale caldera and for the Filwoha Hot Springs . Its market is held on Mondays, where Afar and Kereyu crafts can be found. [1] An iron bridge over the Awash had been built at
85-560: The King's African Rifles (KAR) in Kenya had been composed of 2 brigade-strength units organized as a Northern Brigade and a Southern Brigade . The combined strength of both units amounted to 94 officers, 60 non-commissioned officers, and 2,821 African other ranks. After the outbreak of war, these units provided the trained nucleus for the rapid expansion of the KAR. By March 1940, the strength of
102-611: The 11th African Division and the 12th African Division. By July 1940, under the terms of a war contingency plan, the Royal West African Frontier Force provided 2 brigades for service in Kenya . One brigade was from the Gold Coast ( Ghana ) and one brigade was from Nigeria . The 1st (West Africa) Infantry Brigade , together with 2 East African brigades (KAR brigades) and some South Africans, formed 11th African Division. The 12th African Division had
119-536: The 1994 national census, the town had a population of 8,684. [REDACTED] Media related to Awash, Ethiopia at Wikimedia Commons 8°59′40″N 40°10′00″E / 8.99444°N 40.16667°E / 8.99444; 40.16667 1st (African) Division The 1st (African) Division was a British Empire colonial unit during the Second World War . The division was formed on 24 July 1940 in East Africa . On 24 November of that year,
136-412: The KAR had reached 883 officers, 1,374 non-commissioned officers, and 20,026 African other ranks. The size of a KAR battalion was established at 36 officers, 44 non-commissioned officers and other ranks, and 1,050 African other ranks. Initially the KAR deployed as the 1st East African Infantry Brigade and the 2nd East African Infantry Brigade . The first brigade was responsible for coastal defence and
153-417: The bridge with. When Count Gleichen encountered the bridge in 1897, during his mission to Emperor Menelik, he found "the bridge would be too weak to stand anything but ordinary pack-animal traffic. For nine months in the year it is blocked at each end by a broad abattis of thorn-bush, - to prevent people from using it when the river is fordable, - but during the rains it is left open." Awash grew up around
170-522: The capital and the coast. During the Italian occupation , Awash still provided a post office, a telegraph station, the hotel, and restaurant. The town was occupied in April 1941 by the 22nd East African Brigade of the King's African Rifles , who had advanced for three days from Dire Dawa. Elements of this brigade afterwards continued their advance across the Awash at this point on 3 April 1941, although
187-517: The division was re-designated as the British Army's 11th (African) Division . The division were composed primarily of West African and East African troops. It was disbanded on 23 November 1941 and its component units reassigned. The division should not be confused with 11th (East Africa) Division which was raised in 1943 using solely East African units and which fought in Burma . In 1938,
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#1732765332984204-405: The present location of Awash by Emperor Menelik II's favorite, Alfred Ilg , around 1890; this bridge replaced an earlier wooden one. The construction had to face the great difficulty of transporting the girders from Djibouti , but once the material had arrived, the structure had been finished in ten days; however Emperor Menelik had used for other purposes the cement imported from Europe to build
221-458: The railroad station, which was opened not long after 1917 when the railway had reached this far into Ethiopia. A hotel for passengers was built in Awash about that time. The fourth post office in Ethiopia (after Harar , Dire Dawa and Addis Ababa ) was established in Awash on 1 September 1923, but it may not have been much of a point of origin and arrival but rather a place on the line between
238-529: The road and rail bridge had been demolished by the retreating Italians. By 1953, the bridge had been rebuilt. One of the five camps to train conscripts of the People's Militia (reconstituted in the spring of 1977 as the "Red Army") was located at Awash. On January 13, 1985, a train derailed at Awash on the Ethio-Djibouti Railways plunging four of its five carriages into a ravine; the crash
255-442: The second was responsible for the defence of the interior. By the end of July, 2 additional East African brigades were formed, the 3rd East African Infantry Brigade and the 6th East African Infantry Brigade . Initially a Coastal Division and a Northern Frontier District Division were planned. But, instead, on 19 July, the 1st (African) Division and the 2nd (African) Division were formed. On 24 November, these divisions became
272-407: The transfer to Kenya . On 23 November 1941 the division headquarters ceased to exist. On formation, as 1st (African) Division, 24 July to 24 November 1940. Renamed the 21st (East Africa) Infantry Brigade on 18 November 1940. Renamed the 51st and 53rd Field Companies, West African Engineers, respectively on 18 October 1940. Renamed 11th (African) Divisional Signals on 18 November 1940. As
289-633: Was estimated to have killed at least 428 and injured 500 of the estimated 1,000 on board. It was the worst rail accident in African history. It is believed that the cause of the crash was the excessive speed of the train round a curve on a bridge across the ravine. The derailment happened at 13:40 between Arba and Awash. Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, Awash has an estimated total population of 11,053, of whom 5,748 are men and 5,305 were women. According to
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