Talk:Dire Dawa

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Demographics Somali, 40% Oromo 40%, Amhar,20%

Demographics[edit]

The listed ethnic groups together add up to more than 100%. I suspect the Amhara are actually 23% rather than 33%.

Not "the administrative capital"[edit]

Removed the statement that Dire Dawa is the administrative capital of Ethiopia. I wondered if the writer meant administrative capital of a particular region, except Dire Dawa is its own administrative area. Gyrofrog 07:38, 30 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Etymology[edit]

I've seen several flamewars on the competing claims (present and historical) to the area between Somalis and the now-more numerous Oromo. The present name seems to be Oromo so I'm providing that source and would appreciate if it could be protected from BIASed removal.

The flamewars I've seen involved a competing claim that the city's name derived from Somali dir. If someone could find a WP:RS for that (along with whatever "dawa" is supposed to mean), please include it as well, without removing the sourced Omoroo derivation. — $Llywelyn II$ 11:09, 15 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Dirree means plain or field in Oromo. It is spelt with two ee so the Oromo may have a typo 'Dirree Dhawaa'.

I like[edit]

I like Mahatmaxi (talk) 21:25, 12 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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The reason I am asking for an edit request is because there is a mistake or two that should be edited. 198.166.98.77 (talk) 04:08, 11 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. ––Sirdog9002 (talk) 04:33, 11 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Chairmen and Mayors[edit]

The 'List of Chairmen' needs to be updated and reworked, given the various titles. Jackiespeel (talk) 13:00, 30 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]