Coordinates: 08°48′N 38°54′E / 8.800°N 38.900°E / 8.800; 38.900

Dukem

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Dukem
Duukam (Oromo)
Town
Dukem is located in Ethiopia
Dukem
Dukem
Location within Ethiopia
Dukem is located in Africa
Dukem
Dukem
Dukem (Africa)
Coordinates: 08°48′N 38°54′E / 8.800°N 38.900°E / 8.800; 38.900
Country Ethiopia
Region Oromia
ZoneOromia Special Zone
Time zoneUTC+3 (EAT)

Dukem (var. Dukam, Duukam; Oromo: Duukam) is a town in central Oromia Region, Ethiopia.[1] Located in the Oromia Special Zone Surrounding Finfinne, 37 kilometers southeast of Addis Ababa[1] and 10 kilometers northwest of Bishoftu,[2] this town has a latitude and longitude of 08°48′N 38°54′E / 8.800°N 38.900°E / 8.800; 38.900 and an elevation of 1950 meters above sea level. It is the administrative center of Akaki Aanaa.

Dukem is situated along the Addis Ababa–Adama Expressway and is a station on the Ethio-Djibouti Railway.[1] It is also the location of an industrial park covering 40 hectares owned and developed by East African Group (Ethiopia), Ltd.[3]

Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, Dukem has an estimated total population of 8,704 of whom 4,095 are men and 4,609 are women.[4]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c Lindahl, p. 38
  2. ^ Lindahl, p. 24
  3. ^ "Brief Profile of EAG Industrial Park"[permanent dead link] (accessed 27 February 2009)
  4. ^ CSA 2005 National Statistics Archived November 13, 2009, at the Wayback Machine, Table B.4

References

08°48′N 38°54′E / 8.800°N 38.900°E / 8.800; 38.900