City
Dire Dawa
Culture & heritage
About Dire Dawa
Oromo, Somali, Harari, Amhara — railway boomtown
Built around the Franco-Ethiopian railway in 1902, Dire Dawa is Ethiopia's second-largest city and a unique melting pot of cultures, with French colonial architecture, the Kafira market and Ethiopia's largest open-air bazaar — Magala.
Highlights
- Old French railway station
- Kafira & Magala markets
- Camel caravans
- Sambusa & shahi
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Stories from residents and visitors.