Dukem

Dukem (var. Dukam, Dukham; Oromo Duukam) is a town in central Oromia. It is named after the Dukem River.[1] Located in the Oromia Special Zone Surrounding Finfinne of the Oromia Region, 37 kilometers southeast of Addis Ababa[1] and 10 kilometers northwest of Bishoftu,[2] this town has a latitude and longitude of 08°48′N 38°54′E and an elevation of 1950 meters above sea level. It is the administrative center of Akaki woreda.

Dukem is situated along the Adama - Dire Dawa highway and is a station on the Ethio-Djibouti Railway.[1] It is also the location of an industrial park covering 40 hectares owned and developed by East African Group (Ethiopia), Ltd.[3]

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.[4]

Notes
  1. Lindahl, p. 38
  2. Lindahl, p. 24
  3. "Brief Profile of EAG Industrial Park" (accessed 27 February 2009)
  4. CSA 2005 National Statistics Archived November 13, 2009, at the Wayback Machine, Table B.4

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