Arabi ( so, Araabi), is a town located in the Dembel district of the

Sitti Zone Sitti Zone ( so, Gobolka Sitti), formerly known as Shinile, is a zone in Somali Region of Ethiopia. Located at the northwestern point of the Somali Region and stretching across the savanna north of the Ahmar Mountains, Sitti is bordered on the ...

, in the Somali region of

Ethiopia Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the ...

. It is located in the famous Harrawa Valley in the Gadabuursi country.

History

Arabi is an old settlement and is the final resting place of Ugaas Cabdi Ugaas Cali (died: 1664), Ugaas and leader of the Gadabuursi Dir clan. Arabi is located in the famous Harrawa Valley in the Gadabuursi country. The Ethiopian Administration for Refugee and Returnee Affairs and the UNHCR together opened a refugee camp in Arabi in the late 1980s and early 1990s to serve refugees of Gadabuursi origin.

Demographics

The town and region is primarily inhabited by the Bahabar 'Abdalle subclan of the Gadabuursi Dir clan.http://www.fsnau.org/ipc/population-table Population census by UNFP based on Somalia.

References

Populated places in the Somali Region {{Somali-geo-stub