Dihun is a

woreda Districts of Ethiopia, also called woredas (; ''woreda''), are the third level of the administrative divisions of Ethiopia – after ''List of zones of Ethiopia, zones'' and the ''Regions of Ethiopia, regional states''. These districts are f ...

Somali Region The Somali Region (, , ), also known as Soomaali Galbeed () and officially the Somali Regional State, is a Regions of Ethiopia, regional state in eastern Ethiopia. It is the largest region of Ethiopia. The state borders the Ethiopian regions ...

Ethiopia Ethiopia, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country located in the Horn of Africa region of East Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the north, Djibouti to the northeast, Somalia to the east, Ken ...

. Part of the

Nogob Zone Reserved area Nogob Nogob (), formerly known as Fik, is a zone in Somali Region of Ethiopia. Nogob Zone is bordered on the south by Gode, on the southwest by Afder Zone, on the west and northwest by the Oromia Region, on the north by Fafan, ...

, Dihun is bordered on the south by the

Gode Zone Shabelle is one of nine Zones of the Somali Region of Ethiopia. It was previously known as Gode (, ), so named after its largest city, Gode. Shabelle is bordered on the west by Afder, on the north by Fiq, on the northeast by Korahe. On the s ...

, on the west by the

Shebelle River The Shebelle River ( Oromo: Laga Shabeellee, , , ) also known historically as the Nile of Mogadishu, begins in the highlands of Ethiopia, and then flows southeast into Somalia towards Mogadishu. Near Mogadishu, it turns sharply southwest, where ...

which separates it from

Salahad Salaxaad is one of the woredas in the Somali Region of Ethiopia. Demographics Based on the 2007 Census conducted by the Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia (CSA), this woreda has a total population of 290,082, of whom 200,675 are men and 89,40 ...

, on the northwest by Hamero, on the northeast by Segeg, and on the east by Gerbo. The major town in Dihun is Geresley. The average elevation in this woreda is around 859 meters above sea level. , Dihun has neither all-weather gravel roads nor community roads; around 9.11% of the total population has access to drinking water.

Demographics

* Based on the 2007 Census conducted by the

Central Statistical Agency The Central Statistical Agency, also known as the Ethiopian Statistical Service (ESS; Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ስታቲስቲክስ አገልግሎት), is an Ethiopian government agency designated to provide all surveys and censuses for that ...

of Ethiopia, this woreda has a total population of 50,302 of whom 34,404 are men and 15,898 women. While 222,160 or 8.84% are urban inhabitants, a further 90,340 or 37.24% are pastoralists. 99.16% of the population said they were

Muslim Muslims () are people who adhere to Islam, a Monotheism, monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic tradition. They consider the Quran, the foundational religious text of Islam, to be the verbatim word of the God ...

. This woreda is primarily inhabited by the

Darod The Darod (, ) is a Somali clan. The forefather of this clan is Sheikh Abdirahman bin Isma'il al-Jabarti, more commonly known as Darod. The clan primarily settles the apex of the Horn of Africa and its peripheries, the Somali hinterlands adjacent ...

clan of the

Somali people The Somali people (, Wadaad: , Arabic: ) are a Cushitic ethnic group and nation native to the Somali Peninsula. who share a common ancestry, culture and history. The East Cushitic Somali language is the shared mother tongue of ethnic Som ...

. The werada is mainly dominated by Ogaden subclans of Maxamed Subeer, especially Reer Cabdille Reer Amaadin, especially jeeraar The most important natural feature are Qarri Juqod mountains which are a very long chain of mountains. some of the seasonal rivers in the area are Ssamane, Dawadiid, Faarayse, and Cusbalay. In addition, Badhaxlay, Laqanyo, Biyajanale, Ciiralay, Waadhi, and Bali Caroog are also water source called yaaxeen. Garbo arah (natural salt source), dhoobaale (water source mostly for camels) godcaruusaad, darbi-balanbal are also some of the natural features in the area. The highest points in terms of elevation in Qarri Juqood mountains are cirey, dulhawd and qul_qul. The seven well mentioned part of the mountain (Qarri-Juqood) are Dulhawd, Ciray, Cooldanlay, Qoofallay, Saalunlay, Habargaylo, and Dulcaanood. The 1997 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 28,259, of whom 15,572 were men and 12,687 were women; 1,148 or 4.06% of its population were urban dwellers. (This total also includes an estimate for the inhabitants of 8 rural

kebele A ward (; ; ) is the smallest administrative unit of Ethiopia: a ward, a neighbourhood or a localized and delimited group of people. Somali word that has meaning of collected people where water is fairly sufficient and available to prolongue thei ...

s, which were not counted; they were estimated to have 8,135 inhabitants, of whom 4,484 were men and 3,651 women.) The largest ethnic group reported in Dihun was the Somali (99.84%).''1994 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia: Results for Somali Region, Vol. 1''
Tables 2.1, 2.2, 2.13 (accessed 12 January 2009). The results of the 1994 census in the Somali Region were not satisfactory, so the census was repeated in 1997.

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