Geladin

Geladin (Somali: Geladi) is a town in eastern Ethiopia. Located in the Dollo Zone of the Somali Region, this town has an elevation between 427 and 530 meters above sea level.

Geladin Geladi
Geladin Location within Ethiopia
Coordinates: 06°57′N 46°25′E
Country	Ethiopia
Region	Somali
Zone	Dollo zone
District	Geladin
Elevation	530 m (1,740 ft)
Time zone	UTC+3 (EAT)

Arthur Donaldson Smith records he visited Geladin (which he also calls "Bari") in January 1895, which he estimated had 3,000 inhabitants at the time.^[1] The British used Geladin as a base during their war against Diiriye Guure in 1903, after their victory over Diiriye Guure at Erigo.^[2] By 1932, the Italians had built a road from Danot to Geladin over terrain that officially lay within Ethiopian territory. This was one of many acts that led to the Second Italian-Abyssinian War years later.^[3]

Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, this town has an estimated total population of 10,795, of whom 5,961 are men and 4,834 are women.^[4] The 1997 census reported this town had a total population of 7,233 of whom 3,938 were men and 3,295 women.^[5]

The territory of Darawiish Sultan Diiriye Guure (marked out in black ink delineation), according to Somali historian Muxamed Ibraahim Muxamed, included Ciid-Nugaal regions of Nugaal province, Las Anod District, Xudun District, Taleh District, Boocame District, with Geladin as its southernmost point

Demographics

The wider woreda is primarily inhabited by the Majeerteen subdivision of the Harti Darood, the horogle subdivision of madhibaan, the leelkase subdivision of the Tanade, and the Marehan subdivision of the Sade Darood.^[6]

Notes

1. Donaldson-Smith, Through Unknown African Countries: the first expedition from Somaliland to Lake Rudolph (London, 1897), p. 130
2. As mentioned by H.G.C. Swayne, Seventeen Trips through Somaliland and a visit to Abyssinia: With Supplementary preface on the 'Mad Mullah' risings (London: Rowland Ward, 1903), pp. xii-xiv
3. "Local History in Ethiopia"^{[permanent dead link]} The Nordic Africa Institute website (accessed 6 December 2007)
4. CSA 2005 National Statistics Archived July 31, 2008, at the Wayback Machine, Table B.4
5. 1994 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia: Results for Somali Region, Vol. 1 Archived November 19, 2008, at the Wayback Machine 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.
6. "Changing Pastoralism in Region 5". www.africa.upenn.edu. Retrieved 2021-03-24.