Debeweyin ( Somali : Dabaweyn ) is one of the woredas in the Somali Region of Ethiopia . Part of the Korahe Zone , Debeweyin is bordered on the southwest by the Gode Zone , on the north by Kebri Dahar , and on the east by Shilavo . The major town in Debeweyin is Har Ad .
3-585: The only perennial river in this woreda is the Fafen . As of 2008, Debeweyin has 60 kilometers of all-weather gravel road and 2114 kilometers of community roads and about 25.8% of the total population has access to drinking water. Based on the 2007 Census conducted by the Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia (CSA), this woreda has a total population of 70,102, of whom 40,708 are men and 29,394 women. While 9,359 or 13.35% are urban inhabitants,
6-565: A further 31,449 or 44.86% are pastoralists. 99.09% of the population said they were Muslim . This woreda is primarily inhabited by the Ogaden clan of the Somali people . The 1997 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 68,481, of whom 40,831 were men and 27,650 were women; 4,318 or 6.31% of its population were urban dwellers. The largest ethnic group reported in Debeweyin
9-632: Was the Somali (99.58%). 6°10′N 44°20′E / 6.167°N 44.333°E / 6.167; 44.333 This article about a location in the Somali Region of Ethiopia is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Fafen River Fafen River is a river of eastern Ethiopia . Rising to the east of Harar , in Harari Region , it cuts through a series of wide, flat shelves of sedimentary rocks made of sandstone , limestone , and gypsum as it descends in
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