# Erer > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Erer > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Erer.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erer > Source revision: 1328769852 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) **Erer** is a town in central [Ethiopia](/source/Ethiopia). Located in the [Sitti Zone](/source/Shinile_Zone) of the [Somali Region](/source/Somali_Region), it is located 51km east of [Shinile](/source/Shinile). It is the administrative center of [Erer](/source/Erer_(Somali_woreda)) [Woreda](/source/Woreda). ## Overview Erer has had telephone service at least as early as 1967. Records at the Nordic Africa Institute website provide details of a primary school in Bentu Liben during the year 1968.[1] Erer is served by a [station](/source/Railway_stations_in_Ethiopia) on the [Addis Ababa - Djibouti Railway](/source/Addis_Ababa_-_Djibouti_Railway). W.C. Barker recorded in 1842 that Erer was a usual stopping-point for caravans moving between [Djibouti](/source/Djibouti) and [Dire dawa](/source/Dire_Dawa), citing the words of an acquaintance who described the location as "a place at the foot of the [Oromo people](/source/Oromo_people) hills, where there is a wadi with excellent water." As to the inhabitants, Barker notes that north of Erer dwelled the [Gurgura](/source/Gurgura_people), "who are [Mahomedans](/source/Islam_in_Ethiopia)", and subject to the [Issa](/source/Issa_(clan)) [Somali](/source/Somali_people); to the south were the [Argobba](/source/Argobba_people); and to the east were the Nole and Ala [Oromo](/source/Oromo_people), "occupying the N[orth] and the S[outh] side of the road to Harrar."[2] ## Demographics Based on figures from the [Central Statistical Agency](/source/Central_Statistical_Agency_(Ethiopia)) of Ethiopia published in 2007, Erer has an estimated total population of 7,490 of whom 3,797 are men and 3,693 women.[3] The 1997 census reported this town had a total population of 5,027 of whom 2,509 were men and 2,518 women. The four largest ethnic groups reported in this town were the [Somali Esa](/source/Somali_people) (70.07%), the [Gurgure](/source/Gurgure_people) (22.1%), the [Amhara](/source/Amhara_people) (4.24%), and the [Gurage](/source/Oromsos_people) (4.97%); all other ethnic groups made up the remaining 2.71% of the residents.[4] ## See also - [Railway stations in Ethiopia](/source/Railway_stations_in_Ethiopia) ## References 1. ["Local History in Ethiopia"](http://130.238.24.99/library/resources/dossiers/local_history_of_ethiopia/e/ORTEP.pdf)[dead link] The Nordic Africa Institute website (accessed 15 January 2009) 1. Barker, ["Extract Report on the Probable Geographical Position of Harrar; With Some Information Relative to the Various Tribes in the Vicinity", *Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London*](https://www.jstor.org/stable/1798000), 12 (1842), pp. 238-244 1. [CSA 2005 National Statistics](http://www.csa.gov.et/surveys/National%20statistics/national%20statistics%202005/Population.pdf) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20091113212038/http://www.csa.gov.et/surveys/National%20statistics/national%20statistics%202005/Population.pdf) November 13, 2009 at the Wayback Machine, Table B.4 1. [*1994 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia: Results for Somali Region, Vol. 1*](http://www.csa.gov.et/surveys/Population%20and%20Housing%20Census%201994/survey0/data/docs%5Creport%5CStatistical_Report%5Ck05%5Ck05.pdf) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20081119230720/http://www.csa.gov.et/surveys/Population%20and%20Housing%20Census%201994/survey0/data/docs%5Creport%5CStatistical_Report%5Ck05%5Ck05.pdf) 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. 5 Essa and afar conflict history ## External links - [MSN Map](http://toolserver.org/~geohack/geohack.php?pagename=Erer¶ms=9_34_N_41_23_E_type:city(98076)_region:ET) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Erer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erer) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erer?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.