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Berhale to erta ale part 3 lake asale salt lake ethiopia
Berhale (also transliterated Berahle and Berahile) is a town in north-eastern Ethiopia. Located in the Administrative Zone 2 of the Afar Region, this town has a latitude and longitude of 13°51′N 40°01′E with an altitude of 639 meters above sea level. It is the largest town in Berhale woreda.
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- Berhale to erta ale part 3 lake asale salt lake ethiopia
- Map of Berhale Ethiopia
- Demographics
- References
Map of Berhale, Ethiopia
Philip Briggs describes this town as an "unexpectedly large and attractive town, set in a valley below stark twin peaks", which although "neither truly of the highlands nor truly of the desert" Berhale, "with its combination of typically Tigraian stone houses and more austere Afar huts...is an agreeable point of transition between the two natural realms." This town was reported as having phone service by 2004; electrical service was introduced in September 2006, when the Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation installed a 120 kilowatt generator, street lights, and 200 electric meters. At the time, electrical service was provided from 6 pm to midnight.
Records at the Nordic Africa Institute website provide details of a primary school in Berhale during the year 1968. Five British citizens and their Ethiopian guides were kidnapped 4 March 2007 after visiting Berhale.
Demographics
According to the 2007 census conducted by the Central Statistical Agency, Berhale has a total population of 6,098, of whom 3,563 are men and 2,535 women. A total of 863 households were counted in this woreda, resulting in an average of 7.1 persons to a household, and 807 housing units.