# Ferfer

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{{About|the town|the district in which the town is situated|Ferfer (woreda)|firfir, a type of food|fit-fit}}

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'''Ferfer''' is a [town](/source/town) in the [Ethiopian](/source/Ethiopia) [Somali Regional](/source/Somali_Region) State, on the border with the [Somali](/source/Somalia) [Hiran](/source/Hiran%2C_Somalia) region ([Beledweyne District](/source/Beledweyne_District)).<ref>[http://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/120222_OCHASom_Administrative_Map_Hiraan_BeletWeyne_A3.pdf] Administrative map of Beledweyne District</ref>  The town straddles the disputed 1950s-era Provisional Administrative Line (as depicted on virtually all worldwide maps, atlases, and geographic websites) that separates the [Ogaden](/source/Ogaden) region of Ethiopia from Somalia, and has a latitude and longitude of {{coord|05|05|N|45|08|E}} with an elevation of 230 meters above sea level.  

During the first three months of 1964, heavy fighting took place between Ethiopia and Somalia at several border points in the [Ogaden](/source/Ogaden), one of which was Ferfer.<ref>[http://130.238.24.99/library/resources/dossiers/local_history_of_ethiopia/f/ORTFA.pdf "Local History in Ethiopia"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110528225419/http://130.238.24.99/library/resources/dossiers/local_history_of_ethiopia/f/ORTFA.pdf |date=2011-05-28 }} (pdf) The Nordic Africa Institute website (accessed 23 January 2008)</ref> Ferfer was among the locations within Ethiopia that were still under Somali control after Somalia's defeat in the [Ogaden War](/source/Ogaden_War) of 1977/78.<ref>Gebru Tareke, [https://www.jstor.org/stable/3097438 "The Ethiopia-Somalia War of 1977 Revisited," ''International Journal of African Historical Studies'' Hawadle clan is a Majority clan in Both sides Somalia and Ethiopia '], 2000 (33), p. 660</ref>

The Ethiopian army maintains an important base in Ferfer.<ref>[http://www.garoweonline.com/artman2/publish/Somalia_27/Ethiopia_troops_occupy_strategic_crossroad_in_central_Somalia.shtml Ethiopian troops occupy strategic crossroad in central Somalia] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101209082006/http://www.garoweonline.com/artman2/publish/Somalia_27/Ethiopia_troops_occupy_strategic_crossroad_in_central_Somalia.shtml |date=2010-12-09 }}. Garowe Online, February 1, 2009 (accessed March 7, 2010)</ref> In June 2008, the border town was briefly seized by the Somali [al-Shabaab](/source/Al-Shabaab_(militant_group)).<ref>Alisha Ryu: ''[http://www.voanews.com/english/archive/2008-06/2008-06-13-voa44.cfm?CFID=67132885&CFTOKEN=43981279 Peace Accord Brings More Violence to Somalia]{{dead link|date=April 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}''. VOA News, June 13, 2008 (accessed November 20, 2008)</ref>

== Demographics ==
Based on figures from the  [Central Statistical Agency](/source/Central_Statistical_Agency_(Ethiopia)) in 2005, Ferfer has an estimated total population of 4,411 of whom 2,418 are men and 1,993 are women.<ref>[http://www.csa.gov.et/surveys/National%20statistics/national%20statistics%202005/Population.pdf CSA 2005 National Statistics] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091113212038/http://www.csa.gov.et/surveys/National%20statistics/national%20statistics%202005/Population.pdf |date=November 13, 2009 }}, Table B.4</ref> The 1997 census reported this town had a total population of 2,956, 1,597 being men and 1,359 women. All of the inhabitants of this town were [Somalis](/source/Somali_people).<ref>[http://www.csa.gov.et/surveys/Population%20and%20Housing%20Census%201994/survey0/data/docs%5Creport%5CStatistical_Report%5Ck05%5Ck05.pdf ''1994 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia: Results for Somali Region, Vol. 1''] {{webarchive |url=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 |date=November 19, 2008 }} 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.</ref> It is the largest settlement in the [Ferfer](/source/Ferfer_(woreda)) [woreda](/source/Districts_of_Ethiopia).

== Notes ==
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Category:Populated places in the Somali Region

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