Dessé ( amh . ) Is a city and warred in Ethiopia , in the Amhara region. The Addis Ababa - Asmara highway passes through the city.
| City | |
| Desse | |
|---|---|
| amh ደሴ | |
 | |
| A country |  Ethiopia |
| Region | Amhara |
| Zone | Debub-walo |
| History and geography | |
| Square | 15.08 km² |
| Center height | 2,470 m |
| Timezone | UTC + 3 |
| Population | |
| Population | 279,423 people ( 2012 ) |
| Density | 11213 people / km² |
| Nationalities | amhara |
| Denominations | Orthodox, Muslim |
| Digital identifiers | |
| Telephone code | +251 33 |
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General Information
The economy and social life in the city are quite developed. In 1920, one of the first post offices in Ethiopia appeared here. In 1954, a telephone station was commissioned, and in 1963 the city was completely electrified, thanks to a power station built near Kombolchi , in which about 110,000 birrs were invested [1] .
The city has a large museum and airport.
The area of the city is 15.08 sq. Km.
Geographical position
Desse is located on the northeastern tip of the Ethiopian Highlands , at an altitude of 2,423 meters above sea level [2] .
Climate
| Climate Dessay | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Jan. | Feb | March | Apr | May | June | July | Aug | Sen | Oct. | Nov. | Dec | Year |
| Average maximum, ° C | 22.7 | 23.1 | 22.4 | 23.4 | 24.5 | 25.3 | 24.1 | 23.0 | 22.2 | 22,6 | 21.7 | 22.0 | 23.0 |
| Average temperature, ° C | 14.1 | 15.1 | 14.6 | 15.9 | 16.3 | 17.2 | 17.2 | 16.5 | 15.7 | 14.4 | 12.9 | 13.1 | 15.2 |
| Average minimum, ° C | 5.4 | 7.1 | 6.9 | 8.4 | 8.1 | 9.0 | 10.3 | 10.0 | 9.2 | 6.3 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 7.4 |
| Precipitation rate, mm | 23.2 | 41.6 | 79,8 | 101.0 | 81,8 | 50.5 | 279.6 | 293.8 | 154.7 | 49.2 | 23.4 | 23.4 | 1202.0 |
| Source: [1] , [2] | |||||||||||||
Population
According to the Central Statistical Agency , the population of Desse for 2007 is 151,174 people, of which 72,932 are men and 78,242 are women. 58.62% of the population are Muslim, 39.92% are adherents of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church and 1.15% are Protestants [3] .
According to the 1994 census, the city’s population numbered 97,314 people, of which 45,337 men and 51,977 women. The ethnic composition for that period was as follows: Amhara (92.83%) and Tigers (4.49%); the remaining 2.68% were from other nations. 94.89% of the population called Amharic as their mother tongue; 3.79% is the Tigrinya language and the remaining 0.67% is other languages. 61% of the population were adherents of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church and 39% professed Islam [4] . In 2012, the population of Dess was 279,423 people.
Notes
- Local Local History in Ethiopia (not available link) (pdf) The Nordic Africa Institute website (accessed 2 February 2008)
- ↑ Dese, Ethiopia Page (English) . Fallingrain Global Gazetteer. The appeal date was August 31, 2013. Archived January 4, 2014.
- ↑ Census 2007 Tables: Amhara Region , Tables 2.1, 2.4, 2.5, 3.1, 3.2 and 3.4.
- ↑ 1994 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia: Results for Amhara Region , Vol. 1, part 1 , Tables 2.1, 2.7, 2.10, 2.13, 2.17, Annex II.2 (accessed 9 April 2009)