Bike, Ethiopia

Bike
Bike Location within Ethiopia
Coordinates: 9°31′47″N 41°11′49″E / 9.52972°N 41.19694°ECoordinates: 9°31′47″N 41°11′49″E / 9.52972°N 41.19694°E
Country	Ethiopia
Region	Somali
Zone	Shinile
Woreda	Afdem
Elevation	1,124 m (3,688 ft)
Population (2005)
• Total	9,197
Time zone	EAT (UTC+3)

Bike is a town in central Ethiopia. Located in the Shinile Zone of the Somali Region. This town served by a station on the Addis Ababa - Djibouti Railway.

Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, Bike has an estimated total population of 9,197, of whom 4,789 are men and 4,408 are women.^[1] The 1997 census reported this town had a total population of 6,168 of whom 3,163 were men and 3,005 women. The three largest ethnic groups reported in this town were the Somali (81.74%), the Oromo (14.72%), and the Amhara (2.8%); all other ethnic groups made up the remaining 0.74% of the residents.^[2] It is one of three towns in Afdem woreda.

References

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