Dukem

Town in central Oromia Region, Ethiopia

Town in Oromia, Ethiopia

Dukem

Duukam (Oromo)

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Dukem

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Coordinates: 08°48′N 38°54′E﻿ / ﻿8.800°N 38.900°E﻿ / 8.800; 38.900
Country|  Ethiopia
Region|  Oromia
Zone| Oromia Special Zone
Time zone| UTC+3 (EAT)

Dukem (var. Dukam, Duukam; Oromo: Duukam) is a town in central Oromia Region, Ethiopia.[1] Located in the Oromia Special Zone Surrounding Finfinne, 37 kilometers southeast of Addis Ababa[1] and 10 kilometers northwest of Bishoftu,[2] this town has a latitude and longitude of 08°48′N 38°54′E﻿ / ﻿8.800°N 38.900°E﻿ / 8.800; 38.900 and an elevation of 1950 meters above sea level. It is the administrative center of Akaki Aanaa.

Dukem is situated along the Addis Ababa–Adama Expressway and is a station on the Ethio-Djibouti Railway.[1] It is also the location of an industrial park covering 40 hectares owned and developed by East African Group (Ethiopia), Ltd.[3]

Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, Dukem has an estimated total population of 8,704 of whom 4,095 are men and 4,609 are women.[4]

## Notes

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1. ^ a b c Lindahl, p. 38
2. ^ Lindahl, p. 24
3. ^ "Brief Profile of EAG Industrial Park"[permanent dead link] (accessed 27 February 2009)
4. ^ CSA 2005 National Statistics Archived November 13, 2009, at the Wayback Machine, Table B.4

## References

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* Lindahl, Bernhard, ed. (2005), Local History in Ethiopia (PDF), Debre, vol. Tabor - Delo wereda, Uppsala: Nordic Africa Institute, pp. 23–38, archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-10-10 (PDF file)

08°48′N 38°54′E﻿ / ﻿8.800°N 38.900°E﻿ / 8.800; 38.900

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