Dire Dawa

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Dire Dawa is one of Ethiopia’s largest and most important cities, serving as a major commercial and transportation hub in the eastern part of the country.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Dire Dawa canonical 12

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf chartered city of Ethiopia ⓘ
city ⓘ
administrativeStatus chartered city ⓘ
city administration ⓘ
airportServes domestic flights in Ethiopia ⓘ
international flights to neighboring countries ⓘ
climateClassification semi-arid climate ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Ethiopia ⓘ
economicActivity agro-processing ⓘ
logistics ⓘ
manufacturing ⓘ
trade ⓘ
ethnicGroup Amhara ⓘ
Gurage ⓘ
Oromo ⓘ
linked to: Oromo people

Somali ⓘ
governingBody Dire Dawa City Administration Council ⓘ
hasAirport Aba Tenna Dejazmach Yilma International Airport ⓘ
hasUniversity Dire Dawa University ⓘ
hasUrbanRuralStructure mixed urban and rural kebeles ⓘ
historicalRole key node on Addis Ababa–Djibouti trade route ⓘ
isCapitalOf Dire Dawa Administration ⓘ
languageSpoken Afar ⓘ
Amharic ⓘ
Oromo ⓘ
Somali ⓘ
locatedIn Horn of Africa ⓘ
eastern Ethiopia ⓘ
majorFunction commercial hub ⓘ
industrial center ⓘ
transportation hub ⓘ
nearbyCity Harar ⓘ
nearbyCountry Djibouti ⓘ
Somalia ⓘ
railConnection Addis Ababa–Djibouti Railway ⓘ
Ethiopian–Djiboutian railway network ⓘ
rankByPopulationInEthiopia among largest cities ⓘ
religion Catholicism ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism

Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
Protestant Christianity ⓘ
river Dechatu River ⓘ
Goro River ⓘ
roadConnection Addis Ababa ⓘ
Djibouti ⓘ
Harar ⓘ
timeZone East Africa Time ⓘ
utcOffset +3 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ejersa Goro → hasNearbyCity → Dire Dawa ⓘ
Harar Province → hasCity → Dire Dawa ⓘ
Oromia Region → surrounds → Dire Dawa ⓘ
Hararghe → containsCity → Dire Dawa ⓘ
Eastern Ethiopia → containsCity → Dire Dawa ⓘ
subject linked to: eastern Ethiopia
Adama → hasRoadLinkTo → Dire Dawa ⓘ
Jigjiga → roadConnection → Dire Dawa ⓘ
Furi–Lebu station → connectedTo → Dire Dawa ⓘ
Jijiga → roadConnection → Dire Dawa ⓘ