Degehabur (, Amharic: ደገሕ ቡር) is a town in the Somali Region of Ethiopia. It is located in the Jarar Zone of the Somali Region. Degahabur is occupied by the by the Rer Isaaq ,Ogaden. Degehabur sits at 1044 meters above sea level. The town is the administrative center of Degehabur woreda. The Degehabur consist of 11 district and the oldest one is the Aware district, others are Yo’ale, Gashamo, Gunagado, Dig, Bir,Ilbur etc. Local landmarks include the Church of St. George, and the white mosque of Degehabur, which Anthony Mockler described as "the most important in the Somali Region." The NGO Doctors without Borders operates a clinic in Degehabur. The upgrade of the 165-kilometer road between Degahabur and the Regional capital, Jijiga, to an all-weather asphalt road was announced to be almost complete 31 October 2007, with the remaining 40 kilometers awaiting completion. Construction of a 106-kilometer asphalt road between Degehabur and the town of Shekoosh was underway by March 2009. Local inhabitants constitute half of the 1,100 workers employed by the project. History During the nineteenth century, Degehabur was an important stopping point for caravans crossing the Haud for Hargeisa and Berbera in Somalia, but when Major H.G.C. Swayne travelled through the area in 1893, he found it abandoned and uses it as an example of the destruction caused by "the insecurity resulting from inter-tribal feuds." According to Swayne, at the time of his visit "there were formerly many square miles of jowdri cultivation, which has been abandoned within the last few years, and now there is only left an immense area of stubble and the ruins of the village. Dagahbur used to be a thriving settlement of one thousand five hundred inhabitants ... now not a hut is left." In the 1920s Degehabur started to recover. It was said that there were some two hundred villages within the distance of a day's travel and that these used the market at Degehabur. By 1931 there were motorable roads in five directions out from the town. Wealthy inhabitants had started erecting two-story buildings. For most of its history Degehabur has always been the center of the Conflict between The Ogaden National Liberation Front and The Ethiopian government. Due to its hostility to Ethiopian rule and it being the center of conflict the city has never quite developed like its neighboring cities like Kebri Dahar and Gode. Due to its