# Shinile

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For the woreda, see [Shinile (woreda)](/source/Shinile_(woreda)).

**Shinile** (Somali: *Shiniile*) is a town in eastern [Ethiopia](/source/Ethiopia). Located in the [Sitti Zone](/source/Shinile_Zone) of the [Somali Region](/source/Somali_Region), it is 9km northeast of [Dire Dawa](/source/Dire_Dawa), the first [station](/source/Railway_stations_in_Ethiopia) of the [Ethio-Djibouti Railways](/source/Ethio-Djibouti_Railways) east of [Dire Dawa](/source/Dire_Dawa) is at Shinile.[1]

## Demographics

The town's inhabitants belong to various mainly [Afro-Asiatic](/source/Afro-Asiatic)-speaking ethnic groups, with the [Issa](/source/Issa_(clan)) [Somali](/source/Somali_people) predominant. Based on figures from the [Central Statistical Agency](/source/Central_Statistical_Agency_(Ethiopia)) in 2005, Shinile has an estimated total population of 207,367.[2] The 1997 census reported this town had a total population of 8,809 of whom 4,464 were men and 4,345 women. The three largest ethnic groups reported in this town were the [Somali](/source/Somali_people) (96.58%), the [Oromo](/source/Oromo_people) (1.76%), and the [Amhara](/source/Amhara_people) (1.5%); all other ethnic groups made up the remaining 0.16% of the residents.[3] It is the largest of four towns in [Shinile](/source/Shinile_(woreda)) [woreda](/source/Woreda).

## Climate

Shinile has a [hot semi-arid climate](/source/Hot_semi-arid_climate) (*BSh*) in [Köppen-Geiger system](/source/K%C3%B6ppen-Geiger_climate_classification_system).

## Notes

1. ["Local History in Ethiopia"](http://130.238.24.99/library/resources/dossiers/local_history_of_ethiopia/s/ORTSHE.pdf) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20110528230509/http://130.238.24.99/library/resources/dossiers/local_history_of_ethiopia/s/ORTSHE.pdf) 2011-05-28 at the Wayback Machine (pdf) The Nordic Africa Institute website (accessed 19 December 2007)

1. ["Table B.4"](http://www.csa.gov.et/surveys/National%20statistics/national%20statistics%202005/Population.pdf), "CSA 2005 National Statistics"

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) 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.

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