Geladin () is a town in eastern Ethiopia. Located in the Dollo Zone of the Somali Region, this town has an elevation between 427 and 530 meters above sea level.
Arthur Donaldson Smith records he visited Geladin (which he also calls "Ceel cad") in January 1895, which he estimated had 3,000 inhabitants at the time.Donaldson-Smith, Through Unknown African Countries: the first expedition from Somaliland to Lake Rudolph (London, 1897), p. 130 The British used Geladin as a base during their war against Darawish and Bicidyahan in 1903, Bicidyahan supported Darawish led by Hashi Shirwa (known Albaab) in Agarweyne.As mentioned by H.G.C. Swayne, Seventeen Trips through Somaliland and a visit to Abyssinia: With Supplementary preface on the 'Mad Mullah' risings (London: Rowland Ward, 1903), pp. xii-xiv By 1932, the Italians had built a road from Danot to Geladin over terrain that officially lay within Ethiopian territory. This was one of many acts that led to the Second Italian-Abyssinian War years later."Local History in Ethiopia" The Nordic Africa Institute website (accessed 6 December 2007)
Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, this town has an estimated total population of 10,795, of whom 5,961 are men and 4,834 are women.CSA 2005 National Statistics , Table B.4 The 1997 census reported this town had a total population of 7,233 of whom 3,938 were men and 3,295 women.1994 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia: Results for Somali Region, Vol. 1 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.
Demographics The wider woreda is primarily inhabited by the Majeerteen subdivision of the Harti Darood, subdivisions of Leelkase, itself a subdivision of the Tanade, as well as the Marehan subdivision of the Sade Darood.
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