Jobs in Dire Dawa
The only one region with early railway transportation across the country, Ethio-Djibouti. Where various fruit and vegetables market places
Dire Dawa
Population341, 834
Unemployment Rate23.1 %
Employment to Population ratio51.1 %
Major Economic ActivitiesThere is 10,370 hectares of farmland that produces maize, sorghum, chat, coffee, and various kinds of fruits and vegetables.
AdministrativeThe Dire Dawa administrative council consists of the city of Dire Dawa and the surrounding rural areas. The council has no administrative zones but one woreda - Gurgura woreda. There are 4 Keftegnas, 24 urban kebeles and 28 rural peasants associations. Dire Dawa is the capital city of the administrative council. %
HeritageThe city has cultural as well as modern tourist attraction sites. These include Legeoda Cave and mural paintings, the Ethio-Djibouti railway, kezira (the cultural market place). %