Kulubi

Kulubi

Kulubi is a town in eastern Ethiopia. Located in the Misraq Hararghe Zone of the Oromia Region, lying south of Dire Dawa, this town has a latitude and longitude of coord|9|26|N|41|41|E|region:ET-OR_type:city(4478)|display=inline,title with an elevation of 2130 meters above sea level.

Based on figures published by the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, Kulubi has an estimated total population of 4,478 of whom 2,318 were males and 2,160 were females. [ [http://www.csa.gov.et/text_files/2005_national_statistics.htm CSA 2005 National Statistics] , Table B.4] The 1994 national census reported this town had a total population of 2,501 of whom 1,257 were males and 1,244 were females. It is one of two towns in Meta woreda.

Kulubi is known for its massive church, dedicated to St. Gabriel, which is the destination for twice-yearly pilgrimages (on 26 July and 28 December). The present church was erected in 1962, replacing one Ras Makonnen had erected to celebrate the Ethiopian victory in the Battle of Adwa. [ [http://130.238.24.99/library/resources/dossiers/local_history_of_ethiopia/k/ORTKUH.pdf "Local History in Ethiopia"] (pdf) The Nordic Africa Institute website (accessed 27 May 2008)] Nega Mezlekia, in his "Notes from the Hyena's Belly", describes the discussion inhabitants held over dedicating a church to St. Gabriel when "there were already two churches within twenty kilometers dedicated to the same saint. ... and that prayers and pleas directed to one saint, at the same hour and form two separate locations, had ended in disaster, for the requests of the two parishes were too often mutually exclusive." [Nega Mezlekia, "Notes from the Hyena's Belly: An Ethiopian Childhood" (New York: Picador, 2000), p. 261. ISBN 0312289146]

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