General Aspects of the Dire Dawa Administration 

The Dire Dawa Administration covers a rich and diverse area located at the interface between the arid lowlands and the fertile Harrarghe Highlands in Eastern Ethiopia .

Dire Dawa is the seat of a city administration that consists of 9 urban and 38 rural kebeles. In all, the administration is said to have now a total land size of 1288 square kilometers, and an estimated population of 427,222 people, nearly 70% of which resides in urban areas