Chinaksen

Chinaksen (Somali: Jinacsani, lit.  "near the hole") is a town located in the Fafan Zone of the Somali Region, Ethiopia. This city has a latitude and longitude of 9°30′N 42°42′E with an elevation of 1816 meters above sea level. Chinaksan is a historical settlement with stone walls built at the foot of an oval hill; on the hill are ruins of fortifications of Adalite origins during the Adal Sultanate period.[1][2]

Chinhahsan
Jinacsani (Somali)
Town
Chinhahsan is located in Ethiopia
Chinhahsan
Chinhahsan
Location within Ethiopia
Chinhahsan is located in Africa
Chinhahsan
Chinhahsan
Chinhahsan (Africa)
Coordinates: 9°30′N 42°42′E
Country Ethiopia
Region Somali
ZoneSomali Region
Elevation
1,816 m (5,958 ft)
Population
 (2007)
 • Total12,261
Time zoneUTC+3 (EAT)

The writer Nega Mezlekia, an Amhara from Jijiga who had joined the Western Somali Liberation Front, relates how he participated in an attack on a Derg military training camp in Chinaksen. No prisoners were taken in the attack; those who surrendered were shot dead.[3] Early in the Ogaden War, Chinaksen was captured by Somali units as they advanced on Dire Dawa; it was recaptured by Ethiopian units between 5 and 9 February 1978.[4]

In late January 2009, the Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation completed a 27 km (17 mi) electric power line from Jijiga to Chinhahsan, while constructing six power distributors in the town. This provided 24-hour electric service to Chinaksen for the first time.[5]

Demographics

Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, Chinaksen had an estimated total population of 11,558 of whom 5,981 are men and 5,577 are women.[6] According to the 1994 national census this city had a population of 56,821 people. This town is one of the two largest settlements in Jijiga woreda.

The 1997 census reported this town had a total population of 7,753 of whom 3,951 were men and 3,802 women. The three largest ethnic groups reported in this town were the Oromo (64.72%), Somali (20.59%), and the Amhara (10.8%); all other ethnic groups made up

References
  1. Shihāb al-Dīn Aḥmad ibn ʻAbd al-Qādir ʻArabfaqīh, Translated by Paul Stenhouse, Richard Pankhurst (2003). The conquest of Abyssinia: 16th century. Tsehai Publishers & Distributors. p. 77.
  2. Northeast African Studies. Vol. 11. African Studies Center, Michigan State University. 1989. p. 115.
  3. "Local History in Ethiopia" The Nordic Africa Institute website (accessed 1 March 2009)
  4. Gebru Tareke, "The Ethiopia-Somalia War of 1977 Revisited," International Journal of African Historical Studies, 2000 (33), p. 658
  5. "Chinakson Town gets 24 hr electric power service", Ethiopian News Agency, 29 January 2009 (accessed 28 May 2009)
  6. CSA 2005 National Statistics Archived November 13, 2009, at the Wayback Machine, Table B.4


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