"near the hole") (Somali: Jinacsani) is a town located in Chinaksen woreda, East Hararghe Zone of the eastern Oromia Region, Ethiopia.

[1][2] The writer Nega Mezlekia, an Amhara from Jijiga who had joined the Western Somali Liberation Front, relates how he participated in an attack on a Derg military training camp in Chinaksen.

[5] Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, Chinaksen had an estimated total population of 11,558 of whom 5,981 are men and 5,577 are women.

The Jaarso clan are often affiliated with the Oromo politically but genealogically belong to the Dir and therefore have ties to the Somali ethnic group.

Nur Abdoche and Derbissa ruins which are largely attributed to the Harla people are found near Chinaksen.