Degehabur | |
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&sq=&lang=&file=File:Ethiopia_adm_location_map.svg)  Degehabur Location within Ethiopia | |
| Coordinates: 8°13′N 43°34′E / 8.217°N 43.567°E | |
| Country | Ethiopia |
| Region | Somali |
| Zone | Degehabur |
| Elevation | 1,044 m (3,425 ft) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 530 000 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (EAT) |
Degehabur (Somali: Dhagaxbuur) is a woreda in Somali Region, Ethiopia. Part of the Degehabur Zone, Degehabur is bordered on the southeast by the Gunagado and Korahe Zone, on the southwest by the Fiq Zone, on the west by Degehamedo, on the north by the Jijiga Zone, and on the east by Aware; it is frequently considered part of the Haud. The administrative center of this woreda is Degehabur.
The two perennial rivers in Degehabur are the Fafen and the Jerer. As of 2008[update], Degehabur has 68 kilometers of asphalt, 62 of all-weather gravel road, and 387 of community roads; about 24.4% of the total population has access to drinking water.[1]
This woreda was reported in October 1974 to have been the area worst hit by the Hararghe famine.[2]
- ^ Hailu Ejara Kene, Baseline Survey of 55 Weredas of PCDP Phase II, Part I Archived July 20, 2011, at the Wayback Machine (Addis Ababa: August 2008), Annexes 16, 17
- ^ "Local History in Ethiopia" Archived 2008-02-27 at the Wayback Machine (pdf) The Nordic Africa Institute website (accessed 20 November 2007)