Shinile

Shinile
Town
Shinile is located in Ethiopia
Shinile
Shinile
Location within Ethiopia
Coordinates: 9°40′N 41°50′E / 9.667°N 41.833°E / 9.667; 41.833
Country Ethiopia
RegionSomali
ZoneSitti Zone
DistrictShinile
Government
 • TypeChartered City
Elevation
10,000 m (33,000 ft)
Population
 (2024)
 • Total
110.000
Time zoneUTC+3 (EAT)

Shinile (Somali: Shiniile) is a town in eastern Ethiopia. Located in the Sitti Zone of the Somali Region, it is 9 km northeast of Dire Dawa, the first station of the Ethio-Djibouti Railways east of Dire Dawa is at Shinile.

Demographics

The town's inhabitants belong to various mainly Afro-Asiatic-speaking ethnic group, the mixed Somali predominant. Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, Shinile has an estimated total population of 207,367. The 1997 census reported this town had a total population of 8,809 of whom 4,464 were men and 4,345 women. The three largest ethnic groups reported in this town were the Issa Somali (96.58%), the Oromo (1.76%), and the Amhara (1.5%); all other ethnic groups made up the remaining 0.16% of the residents. It is the largest of four towns in Shinile woreda.

Climate

Shinile has a hot semi-arid climate (BSh) in Köppen-Geiger system.

Climate data for Shinile
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 28.6
(83.5)		 29.4
(84.9)		 31.7
(89.1)		 31.7
(89.1)		 33.5
(92.3)		 35.0
(95.0)		 34.1
(93.4)		 33.5
(92.3)		 33.5
(92.3)		 32.5
(90.5)		 30.3
(86.5)		 28.8
(83.8)		 31.9
(89.4)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 15.1
(59.2)		 16.9
(62.4)		 19.2
(66.6)		 19.9
(67.8)		 21.1
(70.0)		 22.9
(73.2)		 22.0
(71.6)		 21.3
(70.3)		 21.7
(71.1)		 19.0
(66.2)		 16.2
(61.2)		 15.1
(59.2)		 19.2
(66.6)
Average rainfall mm (inches) 18
(0.7)		 28
(1.1)		 62
(2.4)		 90
(3.5)		 46
(1.8)		 22
(0.9)		 80
(3.1)		 113
(4.4)		 62
(2.4)		 18
(0.7)		 13
(0.5)		 5
(0.2)		 557
(21.7)
Source: Climate-Data.org

Notes

  1. ↑ "Local History in Ethiopia" Archived 2011-05-28 at the Wayback Machine (pdf) The Nordic Africa Institute website (accessed 19 December 2007)
  2. ↑ "Table B.4", CSA 2005 National Statistics (PDF)
  3. ↑ 1994 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia: Results for Somali Region, Vol. 1 Tables 2.4, 2.14 (accessed 10 January 2009). The results of the 1994 census in the Somali Region were not satisfactory, so the census was repeated in 1997.
  4. ↑ "Climate: Shinile - Climate graph, Temperature graph, Climate table". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 25 September 2015.