Chinaksen

Chinaksan
Cinaaksan (Oromo)
Jinacsani (Somali)
Town
Chinaksan is located in Ethiopia
Chinaksan
Chinaksan
Location within Ethiopia
Chinaksan is located in Africa
Chinaksan
Chinaksan
Chinaksan (Africa)
Coordinates: 9°30′N 42°42′E / 9.500°N 42.700°E / 9.500; 42.700
Country Ethiopia
Region Oromia
ZoneEast Hararghe
DistrictChinaksen
Elevation
1,816 m (5,958 ft)
Population
 (2007)
 • Total
12,261
Time zoneUTC+3 (EAT)

Chinaksen (Oromo: Cinaaksan, lit.  "near the hole") (Somali: Jinacsani) is a town located in Chinaksen woreda, East Hararghe Zone of the eastern Oromia Region, Ethiopia. This city has a latitude and longitude of 9°30′N 42°42′E / 9.500°N 42.700°E / 9.500; 42.700 with an elevation of 1816 meters above sea level. Chinaksan is a historical settlement with stone walls built at the foot of an oval hill; on the hill are ruins of fortifications of Adalite origins during the Adal Sultanate period.[1][2]

The writer Nega Mezlekia, an Amhara from Jijiga who had joined the Western Somali Liberation Front, relates how he participated in an attack on a Derg military training camp in Chinaksen. No prisoners were taken in the attack; those who surrendered were shot dead.[3] Early in the Ogaden War, Chinaksen was captured by Somali units as they advanced on Dire Dawa; it was recaptured by Ethiopian units between 5 and 9 February 1978.[4]

In late January 2009, the Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation completed a 27 km (17 mi) electric power line from Jijiga to Chinhahsan, while constructing six power distributors in the town. This provided 24-hour electric service to Chinhahsan for the first time.[5]

  1. ^ Shihāb al-Dīn Aḥmad ibn ʻAbd al-Qādir ʻArabfaqīh, Translated by Paul Stenhouse, Richard Pankhurst (2003). The conquest of Abyssinia: 16th century. Tsehai Publishers & Distributors. p. 77.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ Northeast African Studies. Vol. 11. African Studies Center, Michigan State University. 1989. p. 115.
  3. ^ Nega, Mezlekia (2007). Coming of Age Around the World A Multicultural Anthology. New Press. p. 67. ISBN 9781595580801.
  4. ^ Gebru Tareke, "The Ethiopia-Somalia War of 1977 Revisited," International Journal of African Historical Studies, 2000 (33), p. 658
  5. ^ "Chinakson Town gets 24 hr electric power service"[permanent dead link‍], Ethiopian News Agency, 29 January 2009 (accessed 28 May 2009)