Durba

{{Short description|Town in Oromia Region, Ethiopia}} {{Infobox settlement  | official_name = Galan | native_name = {{native name|om|Dubra|italics=off}} | native_name_lang = om | other_name = | settlement_type = Town | image_skyline = | imagesize = | image_caption = | image_flag = | image_blank_emblem = | blank_emblem_type = | blank_emblem_size = | nickname = | motto =  | image_map = | mapsize = | map_caption = | image_map1 = | mapsize1 = | map_caption1 = |pushpin_map = Ethiopia#Africa |pushpin_label_position = right |pushpin_map_caption = Location within Ethiopia |pushpin_mapsize =300 | coordinates = {{Coord|8|49|36.21|N|38|51|33.59|E|}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|Ethiopia}} | subdivision_type1 = Region | subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Oromia|Region}} | subdivision_type2 = Zone | subdivision_name2 = Oromia Special Zone Surrounding Finfinne | established_title =  | established_date = | established_title2 =  | established_date2 = | established_title3 =  | established_date3 =  | government_footnotes = | government_type = | leader_title = | leader_name = | leader_title1 =  | leader_name1 = | unit_pref = Imperial  | area_footnotes = | area_magnitude = | area_total_km2 = | area_total_sq_mi = | area_land_km2 =  | area_land_sq_mi = | area_water_km2 = | area_water_sq_mi = | area_water_percent = | area_urban_km2 = | area_urban_sq_mi = | area_metro_km2 = | area_metro_sq_mi = | area_blank1_title = | area_blank1_km2 = | area_blank1_sq_mi =  | elevation_footnotes =  | elevation_m = | elevation_ft =  | population_total = | population_as_of = | population_footnotes = | population_density_km2 = | population_density_sq_mi =  | population_note = | postal_code_type =  | website = | footnotes = | image_dot_map = | dot_mapsize = | dot_map_caption = | dot_x = | dot_y = | leader_title2 = | leader_name2 = | leader_title3 = | leader_name3 = | leader_title4 = | leader_name4 = |timezone = EAT |utc_offset = +3 | timezone_DST = | utc_offset_DST = }} '''Dubra''' (Oromo: "virgin"<ref name=lindahl>{{Cite book|editor-last=Lindahl|editor-first=Bernhard|title=Local History in Ethiopia|volume=Dem Bahir - Dhera|pages=28|publisher=Nordic Africa Institute|place=Uppsala|year=2005|url=http://www.nai.uu.se/library/resources/dossiers/local_history_of_ethiopia/d/ORTDEM.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070616233457/http://www.nai.uu.se/library/resources/dossiers/local_history_of_ethiopia/d/ORTDEM.pdf|archive-date=2007-06-16}}</ref>) is a town in central Ethiopia. Located in the Oromia Special Zone Surrounding Finfinne, about 70 km north of Addis Ababa, this town has a latitude and longitude of {{coord|9|26|N|38|39|E|display=inline,title|region:ET_type:city}} with an elevation of 2450 meters above sea level. The town sits above the canyon of the Muger River, near the largest falls of the Muger.<ref name=lindahl/>

Dubra is important for being one of the major sites for the production of cement in Ethiopia. In 2006, the Muger Cement Factory plant announced it would expand its facilities.<ref name=capitalethiopia>{{cite news|author=Mikias Makonnen|title=Chinese firm to construct $100mln cement factory|url=http://www.capitalethiopia.com/archive/2006/April/week3/Chinese%20firm%20to%20construct%20$100mln%20cement%20factory.htm|work=Capital|publisher=Crown Publishing|location=Addis Ababa|date=2006-04-18|access-date=2008-08-27|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719150625/http://www.capitalethiopia.com/archive/2006/April/week3/Chinese%20firm%20to%20construct%20%24100mln%20cement%20factory.htm|archive-date=2011-07-19}}</ref> In 2008, Mohammed Al-Amoudi's Derba Midroc Cement company announced it would establish its own cement factory 8 km from Durba.<ref name=eib>{{Cite web|author=European Investment Bank|author-link=European Investment Bank|title=ESIA Summary|url=http://www.eib.org/attachments/pipeline/20070406_nts3_en.pdf|access-date=2008-08-27}}</ref><ref name=apo>{{cite news|title=Ethiopia / EIB lends EUR 29 million for Derba Midroc Cement Factory|url=http://appablog.wordpress.com/2008/06/26/ethiopia-eib-lends-eur-29-million-for-derba-midroc-cement-factory/|publisher=African Press Organization (APO)|date=2008-06-26|access-date=2008-08-27}} (Note that this source identifies the site as being 70km ''south'' of Addis Ababa.)</ref>

Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, Dubra has an estimated total population of 2,188 of whom 1,053 were men and 1,135 were women.<ref>[http://www.csa.gov.et/text_files/2005_national_statistics.htm CSA 2005 National Statistics] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061123121716/http://www.csa.gov.et/text_files/2005_national_statistics.htm |date=November 23, 2006 }}, Table B.4</ref> The 1994 census reported this town had a total population of 1,225 of whom 571 were men and 654 were women. It is one of six towns in Mulona Sululta ''woreda''.

==See also== * Muger Cement FC

== References == {{Reflist}} {{Cities of Ethiopia}} Category:Cities and towns in Oromia