Softu
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| Coordinates: 04°11′N 42°04′E / 4.183°N 42.067°ECoordinates: 04°11′N 42°04′E / 4.183°N 42.067°E | |
| Country |  Ethiopia |
| Region | Somali Region |
| Zone | Liben Zone |
| Population (2005) | |
| • Total | 25,059 (est) |
Softu (also called Haya Softu) is a town in southeastern Ethiopia. Located in the Liben Zone of the Somali Region, this town has a latitude and longitude of 04°11′N 42°04′E / 4.183°N 42.067°E.
[edit] History
When a delegation from the UNDP visited the town in February 1994, they reported that an elementary school was present, but not functioning because of "the destructed doors and windows, lack of basic teaching materials and budget constraints for teachers salary".[1]
Other disruptions included ethnic disputes in the years up to (and including) 2002, which led to refugees settling around Softu. Around 2,370 households came to settle themselves in four camps around this town: one of the camps include people from the Bale Zone in Oromia, while three housed people claiming to come from Liben woreda in Borena Zone in Oromia. These refugees include 1,400 Degodia households who reported they came from an area south of the Negele Boran-Filtu road and north of the Dawa River, 510 Marehan who had been living around Negele Boran, and 420 Garre, Ajuran and Karale households who came from Meda Welabu, about 50 kilometers north of Negele Boran near the Ganale Dorya River.[2]
[edit] Demographics
Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, this town has an estimated total population of 25,059, of whom 13,366 are men and 11,693 are women.[3] The 1997 census reported this town had a total population of 16,801 of whom 8,830 were men and 7,971 women. The largest ethnic group reported in this town was the Somali (99.4%).[4] Softu is one of two towns in Dolo Odo woreda.
[edit] Notes
- ^ South West Ogaden Situation Report, February 1994 (accessed 24 December 2008)
- ^ "Internal Discussion Paper: Humanitarian aspects of Liben and Afder zones in Somali Region at the end of Jilal", UNDP Emergencies Unit for Ethiopia, 31 March 2002 (accessed 23 March 2009)
- ^ CSA 2005 National Statistics, Table B.4
- ^ 1994 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia: Results for Somali Region, Vol. 1 Tables 2.4, 2.14 (accessed 10 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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