Businesses in Dessie

Industries

Business Distribution by Industry in Dessie

Industry Description	Number of Establishments
Shopping	40
Restaurants	33
Hotels and motels	32
Mosques	32
Education	30
Cafes	30
Churches	30
Higher education (colleges and universities)	22
Shopping other	21
Other accommodation	21
Apartments	18
Finance other	18
Car parts	18
Banks	14
Public administration	14
Pharmacies and drug stores	12
Repair of computers and household goods	11
Electronics stores	10
Unreachable	10
Clothing stores	9
Religion	9

Dessie Facts

Area	15.2 km²
Population	216,614
Male Population	104,508 (48.2%)
Female Population	112,106 (51.8%)
Population change (1975 to 2020)	+174.3%
Population change (2000 to 2020)	+46.8%
Median Age	21.6 years (Male: 21.5, Female: 21.8)
Area Codes	33, 33111
Local Time
Timezone	East Africa Time
Lat & Lng	11.13333, 39.63333

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Dessie Population

Years 1975 to 2020

Data	1975	1990	2000	2015	2020
Population	78,970	107,738	147,604	202,729	216,614
Population Density	5,199.7 / km²	7,093.9 / km²	9,718.8 / km²	13,348.4 / km²	14,262.7 / km²

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Dessie Population change from 2000 to 2015

Increase of 37.3% from year 2000 to 2015

Location	Change since 1975	Change since 1990	Change since 2000
Dessie	+156.7%	+88.2%	+37.3%
Amhara Region	+141.2%	+78.9%	+36.7%
Ethiopia	+204.4%	+106.5%	+49.5%

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Dessie Median Age

Median Age: 21.6 years

Location	Median Age	Median Age (Female)	Median Age (Male)
Dessie	21.6 yrs	21.8 yrs	21.5 yrs
Amhara Region	18 yrs	18.3 yrs	17.8 yrs
Ethiopia	17.1 yrs	17.4 yrs	16.8 yrs

Sources: CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)

Dessie Population Density

Population Density: 14,263 / km²

Location	Population	Area	Density
Dessie	216,614	15.2 km²	14,263 / km²
Amhara Region	22 million	152,604.6 km²	144 / km²
Ethiopia	99.1 million	1,128,902.4 km²	87.8 / km²

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Dessie Historical and Projected Population

Estimated Population from 1840 to 2100

Sources:

JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid
CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)
[Link] Klein Goldewijk, K., Beusen, A., Doelman, J., and Stehfest, E.: Anthropogenic land use estimates for the Holocene – HYDE 3.2, Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 9, 927–953, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-927-2017, 2017.

Price Distribution

Business distribution by price for Dessie

Human Development Index (HDI)

Statistic composite index of life expectancy, education, and per capita income.

Source: [Link] Kummu, M., Taka, M. &Guillaume, J. Gridded global datasets for Gross Domestic Product and Human Development Index over 1990–2015. Sci Data 5, 180004 (2018) doi:10.1038/sdata.2018.4

Dessie CO2 Emissions

Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Emissions Per Capita in Tonnes Per Year

Location	CO2 Emissions	CO2 Emissions Per Capita	CO2 Emissions Intensity
Dessie	7,166 tn	0.03 tn	471.8 tons/km²
Amhara Region	681,212 tn	0.03 tn	4.5 tons/km²
Ethiopia	3,092,124 tn	0.03 tn	2.7 tons/km²

Sources: [Link] Moran, D., Kanemoto K; Jiborn, M., Wood, R., Többen, J., and Seto, K.C. (2018) Carbon footprints of 13,000 cities. Environmental Research Letters DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/aac72a

Dessie CO2 Emissions

2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year)	7,166 tn
2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year) per capita	0.03 tn
2013 CO2 emissions intensity (tonnes/km²/year)	471.8 tons/km²

Natural Hazards Risk

Relative risk out of 10

Hazard	Risk Level
Drought	Medium (7)
Flood	Medium (7)
Earthquake	Medium (4)
Landslide	Medium (7)

* Risk, particularly concerning flood or landslide, may not be for the entire area.

Sources:

Dilley, M., R.S. Chen, U. Deichmann, A.L. Lerner-Lam, M. Arnold, J. Agwe, P. Buys, O. Kjekstad, B. Lyon, and G. Yetman. 2005. Natural Disaster Hotspots: A Global Risk Analysis. Washington, D.C.: World Bank. https://doi.org/10.1596/0-8213-5930-4.
Center for Hazards and Risk Research - CHRR - Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University, and Norwegian Geotechnical Institute - NGI. 2005. Global Landslide Hazard Distribution. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4P848VZ.
Center for Hazards and Risk Research - CHRR - Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University, and International Research Institute for Climate and Society - IRI - Columbia University. 2005. Global Drought Hazard Frequency and Distribution. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4VX0DFT.
Center for Hazards and Risk Research - CHRR - Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University. 2005. Global Flood Hazard Frequency and Distribution. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4668B3D.
Center for Hazards and Risk Research - CHRR - Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University. 2005. Global Earthquake Hazard Distribution - Peak Ground Acceleration. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4BZ63ZS.

Recent Nearby Earthquakes

Magnitude 3.0 and greater

Date▼	Time↕	Magnitude↕	Distance↕	Depth↕	Location↕	Link
6/20/14	12:42 PM	4.2	90.6 km	10,000 m	55km W of Were Ilu, Ethiopia	usgs.gov
9/28/05	7:43 AM	4.6	96.4 km	10,000 m	Ethiopia	usgs.gov
9/25/05	1:00 AM	4.1	95.8 km	10,000 m	Ethiopia	usgs.gov
1/18/04	6:27 AM	4.6	52.9 km	10,000 m	Ethiopia	usgs.gov
7/14/97	7:15 AM	3.8	99.6 km	10,000 m	Ethiopia	usgs.gov
9/21/93	7:11 PM	5.7	38.1 km	15,200 m	Ethiopia	usgs.gov
4/10/84	8:10 AM	5	27.9 km	10,000 m	Ethiopia	usgs.gov
7/8/77	6:23 AM	5	21.4 km	38,000 m	Ethiopia	usgs.gov
8/23/75	9:35 PM	5.2	58.1 km	33,000 m	Ethiopia	usgs.gov
6/14/61	8:32 PM	5.7	85.1 km	20,000 m	Ethiopia	usgs.gov

Source: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

Dessie

Dessie (Amharic: ደሴ?) (also spelled Dese or Dessye), is a city and a woreda in north-central Ethiopia. Located in the Debub Wollo Zone of the Amhara Region, it sits at a latitude and longitude of 11°8′N 39°38′E, with an elevation between 2,470 and 2,..

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