Gonde, Ethiopia

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Gonde
nickname =
motto =
pushpin_

map_caption = Location of Gonde in Ethiopia
subdivision_type1 = Country
subdivision_name1 =
subdivision_type2 = Region
subdivision_name2 =
subdivision_type3 = Zone
subdivision_name3 =
subdivision_type4 =
subdivision_name4 =
latd=08 |latm=03 |lats= |latNS=N
longd=39 |longm=18 |longs= |longEW=E
established_title =
established_date =
established_title2 =
established_date2 =
government_type =
leader_title =
leader_name =
area_magnitude =
area_total_sq_mi =
area_total_km2 =
area_land_sq_mi =
area_land_km2 =
area_water_sq_mi =
area_water_km2 =
area_urban_sq_mi =
area_urban_km2 =
area_metro_km2 =
area_metro_sq_mi =
population_as_of=2005
population_footnotes =cite web
url = http://www.csa.gov.et/text_files/2005_national_statistics.htm
format=pdf
title= 2005 National Statistics, Table B.4
accessdate=2008-06-11 ]
population_total = 3,965
population_urban =
population_male =
population_density_sq_mi =
population_density_km2 =
timezone = EAT
utc_offset =+3
timezone_EAT =
utc_offset_DST =
elevation_footnotes=
elevation_ft = 7, 532
elevation_m =2,295
website =
footnotes =

Gonde is a town in central Ethiopia. Located in the Arsi Zone of the Oromia Region to the south of Asella, on the river of the same name (which is a tributary of the Kater), the town has a latitude and longitude of coord|8|03|N|39|18|E with an elevation of 2,295 meters.

Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia published in 2005, Gonde has an estimated total population of 3,965 consisting of 1,842 men and 2,123 women. The 1994 census reported this town had a total population of 2,222 of whom 999 were males and 1,223 females. It is one of two towns in Tiyo woreda.

Records at the Nordic Africa Institute website provide details of a primary school in Gonde during the year 1968. [ [http://130.238.24.99/library/resources/dossiers/local_history_of_ethiopia/g/ORTGON.pdf "Local History in Ethiopia"] (pdf) The Nordic Africa Institute website (accessed 13 June 2008)]

Notes