Ferfer
Place in Somali Region, Ethiopia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ferfer is a town in the Ethiopian Somali Regional State, on the border with the Somali Hiran region (Beledweyne District).[1] The town straddles the disputed 1950's-era Provisional Administrative Line (as depicted on virtually all worldwide maps, atlases, and geographic websites) that separates the Ogaden region of Ethiopia from Somalia, and has a latitude and longitude of 05°05′N 45°08′E with an elevation of 230 meters above sea level.
Ferfer
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Coordinates: 05°05′N 45°05′E | |
Country | Ethiopia |
Region | Somali Region |
District (woreda) | Ferfer |
Elevation | 177 m (581 ft) |
Population (2005) | |
• Total | 133,521 (est) |
Time zone | UTC+3 (EAT) |
During the first three months of 1964, heavy fighting took place between Ethiopia and Somalia at several border points in the Ogaden, one of which was Ferfer.[2] Ferfer was among the locations within Ethiopia that were still under Somali control after Somalia's defeat in the Ogaden War of 1977/78.[3]
The Ethiopian army maintains an important base in Ferfer.[4] In June 2008, the border town was briefly seized by the Somali al-Shabaab.[5]