Dewele
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Dewele (Amharic: ደወል) 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 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.
Dewele (Amharic: ደወል) 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 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.
Overview
Nearby towns and villages include Ali Sabieh ( ), Guelile ( ), Dikhil ( ), Djibouti City ( ) in Djibouti, and Aysha ( ), Hadhagaala ( ) and Dire Dawa ( ) in Ethiopia.
Climate
Dewele has a hot desert climate (BWh) in Köppen-Geiger system.
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