Semera ( Amh . ሰመራር ) is a city in northeast Ethiopia , the capital of the Afar region. Located in Administrative Zone 1 , in Dubti County ( am. Х ). City population - approx. 2625 people (2007). Semera is a new city, specially built as the capital of Afar. In this capacity, Semera replaced the former capital of the region - Asayite . The transition occurred at an unknown time until 2007. It is located on the Avash - Assab highway. Among the buildings built is the Semera Health College, where classes began in 2007 [1]
| City | |
| Semera | |
|---|---|
| Amh. ሰመራ | |
 | |
| A country |  Ethiopia |
| Region | Afar |
| Zone | Administrative Zone 1 |
| County | Dubti |
| History and Geography | |
| Square | ??? km² |
| Center height | ??? m |
| Timezone | UTC + 3: 00 |
| Population | |
| Population | 2 625 people ( 2007 ) |
| Nationalities | ??? |
| Denominations | ??? |
| Official language | Amharic * |
| Digital identifiers | |
| Telephone code | (? -?) - xxx-xx-xx |
Semere Airport (SZE, HASM) provides regular connections to Addis Ababa .
Content
History
Radio Ethiopia announced the first meeting of the Afar Region Council on July 20, 1995. Six days later, the Council decided to grant Semera the status of the capital of Afar, and the Amharic language as the temporary working language. Key officials included President Alimirah Hanfadhe, Vice President Osman Ainet, and Secretary Mohammed Seid; the then current president of the region, Habib Alimirah, was not present at the Council [2] .
The eighth meeting of the Council of the Afar region was held in Semer from March 4 to 5, 2009, among the issues on the agenda was a decree on the abolition of female circumcision in Afar [3] .
Population
The population of the city is 2625 people. as of 2007 [4] Semera is one of five cities in Dubti County ( Am. ዱብቲ ).
See also
- Ethiopia
- Afar
Notes
- ↑ "Health coverage reaches 40 percent in Afar State" Archived on October 7, 2007. Walt Information Center
- ↑ “Local History in Ethiopia” Archived May 28, 2011 to Wayback Machine , The Nordic Africa Institute website (last accessed May 5, 2008)
- ↑ Afari State Council 8th Regular Meeting Kicks Off (unavailable link) , Ethiopian News Agency , March 12, 2009
- ↑ Statistical Tables for the 2007 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia Archived on August 16, 2010. .