About Jijiga
Jijiga is a city in Somali, Ethiopia with a population of 483,000. It is the 2nd largest of the 232 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Ethiopia, and the 1,187th largest worldwide. It lies 446 km from Addis Ababa.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#1of 20
Elevation
1,646 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Africa/Addis_Ababa
Coordinates
9.350, 42.800
Record updated
2023-02-13
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 232 in EthiopiaClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.