Dewele

Dewele
Town
Dewele Location in Ethiopia
Coordinates: 11°2′N 42°37′E / 11.033°N 42.617°E / 11.033; 42.617
Country	Ethiopia
Region	Somali
Zone	Sitti Zone
Elevation	898 m (2,946 ft)
Population  (2005)
• Total	3,357

Dewele (French Douanlé or Daouenlé) is a town in Ethiopia, near to the Ethiopia and Djibouti border. Located in the Sitti Zone in the Somali Region the town has a longitude and latitude of 11°2′N 42°37′E / 11.033°N 42.617°E / 11.033; 42.617 with an elevation of 898 meters above sea level.

Dewele is served by a station on the Addis Ababa - Djibouti Railway as well as on the Ethio-Djibouti Railways. It serves as an official crossing point between Djibouti and Ethiopia, with a customs post. In the mid-1960s, gypsum was excavated near the town, then transported to a factory in Dire Dawa to be used in the manufacture cement and plaster of Paris.^[1]