Aysha, Ethiopia

Aysha Ayshaca
Aysha Location in Ethiopia
Coordinates: 10°45′N 42°34′E
Country	Ethiopia
Region	Somali
Zone	Sitti Zone
Elevation	730 m (2,400 ft)
Population  (2015)
• Total	19,570

Aysha (Somali: Ayshaca, Arabic: عائشة, Amharic: አኢሻ) is a town in Ethiopia. It is situated about (46 kilometres or 29 miles) south of the border with Djibouti and (20 kilometres or 12 miles) west of the border with Somaliland. Located in the Sitti Zone in the Somali Region. This town served by a station on the Addis Ababa - Djibouti Railway.

Overview

Nearby towns and villages include Hadhagaala (33 kilometres or 21 miles), Dewele (39 kilometres or 24 miles), Guelile (46 kilometres or 29 miles), Ali Sabieh (57 kilometres or 35 miles) and Dire Dawa (171 kilometres or 106 miles).

Massacre

The Aysha massacre was a massacre of ethnic Issa Somalis by Ethiopian army on 13 August 1960 in Aysha, Ethiopia.[1] The Ethiopian troops had descended on the area reportedly to help defuse clan-related conflict. However, according to eye-witness testimony, that Somali men were then taken to a different location and then executed by Ethiopian soldiers. Among the latter, those who fled to Dikhil and Ali Sabieh in Djibouti.

Climate

Aysha has a hot desert climate (BWh) in Köppen-Geiger system.

Climate data for Aysha
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	25.6 (78.1)	28.0 (82.4)	30.2 (86.4)	32.1 (89.8)	34.9 (94.8)	37.3 (99.1)	36.7 (98.1)	35.7 (96.3)	34.8 (94.6)	32.2 (90.0)	27.5 (81.5)	26.0 (78.8)	31.8 (89.2)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	16.0 (60.8)	18.4 (65.1)	20.1 (68.2)	22.2 (72.0)	24.4 (75.9)	26.6 (79.9)	24.9 (76.8)	24.3 (75.7)	25.1 (77.2)	21.2 (70.2)	18.4 (65.1)	17.0 (62.6)	21.6 (70.8)
Average rainfall mm (inches)	10 (0.4)	10 (0.4)	16 (0.6)	30 (1.2)	15 (0.6)	7 (0.3)	32 (1.3)	50 (2.0)	35 (1.4)	8 (0.3)	7 (0.3)	3 (0.1)	223 (8.9)
Source: Climate-Data.org, altitude: 730m[2]

References

1. Khalif, Mohamud H.; Doornbos, Martin (2002). "The Somali Region in Ethiopia: A Neglected Human Rights Tragedy". Review of African Political Economy. 29 (91): 73–94. doi:10.1080/03056240208704585. ISSN 0305-6244. JSTOR 4006861. S2CID 153768691.
2. "Climate: Ali Sabieh - Climate graph, Temperature graph, Climate table". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 25 September 2016.