Dukem (var. Dukam , Duukam ; Oromo : Duukam ) is a town in central Oromia Region , Ethiopia . Located in the Oromia Special Zone Surrounding Finfinne , 37 kilometers southeast of Addis Ababa and 10 kilometers northwest of Bishoftu , this town has a latitude and longitude of 08°48′N 38°54′E / 8.800°N 38.900°E / 8.800; 38.900 and an elevation of 1950 meters above sea level. It is the administrative center of Akaki Aanaa .
4-746: Dukem is situated along the Addis Ababa–Adama Expressway and is a station on the Ethio-Djibouti Railway . It is also the location of an industrial park covering 40 hectares owned and developed by East African Group (Ethiopia) , Ltd. Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, Dukem has an estimated total population of 8,704 of whom 4,095 are men and 4,609 are women. 08°48′N 38°54′E / 8.800°N 38.900°E / 8.800; 38.900 This article about
8-470: A location in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Addis Ababa%E2%80%93Adama Expressway The Addis Ababa–Adama Expressway ( Amharic : የአዲስ አበባ-አዳማ የፍጥነት መንገድ , romanized : ye’ādīsi ābeba-ādama yefit’ineti menigedi , Oromo : Daandii saffisaa Finfinnee gara Adaamaa ) is a toll road that connects Addis Ababa to Adama . It
12-693: Is the first expressway in Ethiopia . The road was built between 2010 and 2014 by the China Communications Construction Company . The government opened the highway for traffic on September 14, 2014. The Government of Ethiopia covered 43 percent of the road's construction cost, while the remaining 57 percent was supplied by a loan from the Exim Bank of China . The highway, with six lanes on two sides for its 84.7-kilometre (52.6 mi) length, aims to abate
16-509: The heavy traffic between its two endpoints. It reduces the time required to reach Adama from Addis Ababa to 45 minutes, a reduction of more than 50 percent over the time on previously available routes. In December 2015, construction began on the first phase of the Modjo-Hawassa Expressway. The expressway will eventually connect Addis Ababa to Awasa through a junction at Mojo . The China Railway Seventh Group
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