Ogaden

Ogaden in the 19th century

Ogaden is one of the three names for the largest region of Ethiopia. It is named after the Ogaden tribe.^[1] The area is also called the Somali Region.

The Ogaden tribe shares borders with Dir to the northwest, Isaaq to the north, reer Darawiish to the northeast, Oromo to the west and Rahanweyn to the south.^[2]

Ogaden Media

Somali-inhabited region within Ethiopia shown as part of Greater Somali territory
The Empire of Abyssinia (Ethiopia), the Kingdom of Shoa (Shewa) and the Emirate of Harar c. 1873, cropped from a John Bartholomew map titled Turkey in Asia, Persia, Arabia, Egypt and Nile Countries (1873).
Statue of Mohammed Abdullah Hassan in Ethiopia, legend from the early 1900s
Western Somali Liberation Front (WSLF) militants in the Ogaden
Street scene in Jijiga, Somali Region
Jijiga city, Main street (Laanta hawada neighborhood)

References

↑ Eshete, Tibebe (1994). "Towards a History of the Incorporation of the Ogaden: 1887-1935". Journal of Ethiopian Studies. 27 (2): 69–70. JSTOR 41966038.
↑ Carruth, Lauren. "Kinship, nomadism, and humanitarian aid among Somalis in Ethiopia." Disasters 42.1 (2018): 149-168.

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[1] Eshete, Tibebe (1994). "Towards a History of the Incorporation of the Ogaden: 1887-1935". Journal of Ethiopian Studies. 27 (2): 69–70. JSTOR 41966038.

[2] Carruth, Lauren. "Kinship, nomadism, and humanitarian aid among Somalis in Ethiopia." Disasters 42.1 (2018): 149-168.

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