Kombolcha
Kombolcha
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Kombolcha (
History
Origins
Tadesse Tamrat records that archeologists discovered "some remains of Christian settlements", dated to the late first millennium of the current era.[3]
19th century
When the missionary Johann Ludwig Krapf was led as a prisoner from Adare Bille's capital to the Teledere House in April 1843 he had passed through Kombolcha, which he described as a village near the source of the Borkana River.[4]
20th century
Kombolcha was described during the Italian occupation as having postal and telephone service, a clinic, a general store, a barrack village of the A.A.S.S., as well as other improvements intended for Italians.[5]
The city was used as a base by the
21st century
An accord was signed between Ethiopia Bazra Motors and Russian company
During the
By 6 December 2021, the Ethiopian government announced that Dessie and Kombolcha had been liberated from the TPLF aligned fighters.[12] As of July 2022[update] the railway construction site was used instead as a camp for internally displaced persons.[needs update][13]
Demographics
Based on the 2007 national census conducted by the
The 1994 national census reported a total population for Kombolcha of 39,466 in 8,643 households, of whom 18,995 were male and 20,471 were female. The three largest ethnic groups reported in this town were the
Climate
Climate data for Kombolcha (extremes 1908–present) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 32.3 (90.1) |
32.9 (91.2) |
32.3 (90.1) |
32.5 (90.5) |
35.2 (95.4) |
34.5 (94.1) |
35.2 (95.4) |
32.4 (90.3) |
32.3 (90.1) |
29.4 (84.9) |
30.7 (87.3) |
29.0 (84.2) |
35.2 (95.4) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 23.9 (75.0) |
24.6 (76.3) |
25.4 (77.7) |
26.6 (79.9) |
28.2 (82.8) |
29.9 (85.8) |
27.5 (81.5) |
26.1 (79.0) |
25.4 (77.7) |
24.6 (76.3) |
24.0 (75.2) |
23.4 (74.1) |
25.8 (78.4) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 17.2 (63.0) |
18.4 (65.1) |
19.7 (67.5) |
20.4 (68.7) |
21.7 (71.1) |
23.3 (73.9) |
21.6 (70.9) |
20.6 (69.1) |
19.9 (67.8) |
18.4 (65.1) |
17.1 (62.8) |
16.6 (61.9) |
19.6 (67.3) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 9.4 (48.9) |
10.5 (50.9) |
11.8 (53.2) |
12.6 (54.7) |
12.6 (54.7) |
13.7 (56.7) |
13.3 (55.9) |
12.9 (55.2) |
12.4 (54.3) |
9.8 (49.6) |
8.1 (46.6) |
8.4 (47.1) |
11.3 (52.3) |
Record low °C (°F) | 0.2 (32.4) |
1.1 (34.0) |
2.8 (37.0) |
5.4 (41.7) |
5.0 (41.0) |
5.1 (41.2) |
4.5 (40.1) |
4.5 (40.1) |
2.0 (35.6) |
0.3 (32.5) |
0.2 (32.4) |
0.0 (32.0) |
0.0 (32.0) |
Average rainfall mm (inches) | 29 (1.1) |
39 (1.5) |
80 (3.1) |
89 (3.5) |
64 (2.5) |
32 (1.3) |
253 (10.0) |
246 (9.7) |
122 (4.8) |
32 (1.3) |
20 (0.8) |
19 (0.7) |
1,027 (40.4) |
Average rainy days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 3 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 20 | 21 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 101 |
Average relative humidity (%)
|
58 | 56 | 62 | 58 | 46 | 35 | 56 | 64 | 62 | 61 | 56 | 57 | 56 |
Source 1: Deutscher Wetterdienst[17] | |||||||||||||
Source 2: Meteo Climat (record highs and lows)[18] |
Economy
Transportation
Kombolcha is connected with Dessie through
Industry
Kombolcha is also home to Kombolcha Steel products, a metalworking factory that is part of
The $90 million Kombolcha Industrial Park was inaugurated by Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn and has attracted companies from the US, South Korea, and Italy.[22]
Education
Wollo University and Kombolcha Institute of Technology offer courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels.[citation needed]
Notes
- ^ "Population and Housing Census 2007 – Amhara Statistical" (PDF). Ethiopian Statistical Agency. 2007. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
- ^ "Population Projection Towns as of July 2021" (PDF). Ethiopian Statistics Agency. 2021. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
- ^ Taddesse Tamrat, Church and State in Ethiopia (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1972), p. 37 n. 4
- ^ Journals of the Rev. Messrs. Isenberg and Krapf, Missionaries of the Church Missionary Society, Detailing their proceedings in the kingdom of Shoa, and journeys in other parts of Abyssinia, in the years 1839, 1840, 1841 and 1842, (London, 1843), p. 390
- ^ a b "Local History of Ethiopia" The Nordic Africa Institute website (accessed 22 April 2022)
- ^ "Ethiopian, Russian firms agree to establish vehicle assembly plant in Kombolcha town".
- ^ "Ethiopia says Tigray forces killed 100 youths in key town; TPLF denies claim". CNN. Reuters. November 2021. Retrieved 2021-11-04.
- ^ "TPLF "ransacked and destroyed Kombolcha's infrastructure"". Ethiopia Observer. 14 November 2021.
- ^ "Ethiopia war: UN halts food aid in two towns after warehouses looted". BBC News. 2021-12-09. Retrieved 2021-12-22.
- ^ "UN halts food aid in two Ethiopia towns after looting". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2021-12-22.
- ^ Pawlos Belete (8 October 2021). "Terrorist TPLF Destroys Awash-Kombolcha-Hara Gebeya Railway Project". Walta. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
- ^ "Ethiopian government says it recaptured key towns from Tigrayan rebels". 6 December 2021.
- ^ Samuel Getachew (7 July 2022). "Ethiopia's civil war has doused hopes of prosperity under Abiy Ahmed's government". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
- ^ Census 2007 Tables: Amhara Region Archived November 14, 2010, at the Wayback Machine, Tables 2.1, 2.4, 2.5, 3.1, 3.2 and 3.4.
- ^ 1994 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia: Results for Amhara Region, Vol. 1, part 1 Archived November 15, 2010, at the Wayback Machine, Tables 2.1, 2.7, 2.10, 2.13, 2.17, Annex II.2 (accessed 9 April 2009)
- ^ 1994 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia: Results for Amhara Region, Vol. 1, part 1, Tables 2.1, 2.7, 2.10, 2.13, 2.17, Annex II.2 (Retrieved 29 May 2022)
- ^ "Klimatafel von Combolcha (Kombolcha), Provinz Wollo (Welo) / Äthiopien" (PDF). Baseline climate means (1961–1990) from stations all over the world (in German). Deutscher Wetterdienst. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
- ^ "Station Combolcha" (in French). Météo Climat. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
- ^ "ESLSE Website". www.eslse.et. Retrieved 2021-12-22.
- ^ "Kombolcha Steel Industry Goes into Production" (Addis Tribune, last accessed 26 October 2007)
- Walta Information Center(accessed 13 March 2009)
- ^ "Kombolcha industrial park inaugurated". Ethiopian Investment Commission.