Milo, Ethiopia

Milo (also transliterated Mello) is a town in eastern Ethiopia. Located in the Shinile Zone of the Somali Region. This town served by a station on the Ethio-Djibouti Railways.

Milo
Milo
Location in Ethiopia
Coordinates: 10°03′N 42°03′E
Country Ethiopia
RegionSomali
ZoneShinile
Elevation
730 m (2,400 ft)

Demographics

The town's inhabitants belong to various mainly Afro-Asiatic-speaking ethnic groups, with the Issa Somali predominant. Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, Milo has an estimated total population of 2,173, of whom 1,114 are men and 1,059 are women.[1] The 1997 census reported this town had a total population of 1,458 of whom 736 were men and 722 women. The two largest ethnic groups reported in this town were the Somali (98.42%), and the Amhara (0.75%); all other ethnic groups made up the remaining 0.83% of the residents.[2] It is one of four towns in Shinile woreda.

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References
  1. CSA 2005 National Statistics Archived 2009-11-13 at the Wayback Machine, Table B.4
  2. 1994 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia: Results for Somali Region, Vol. 1 Archived 2008-11-19 at the Wayback Machine 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.


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