Wondo Genet

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footnotes = Wondo Genet is a resort town in Ethiopia. Located southeast of Shashemene in the Sidama Zone of the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples' Region, with a latitude and longitude of coord|7|1|N|38|35|E and an elevation of 1723 meters.

Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia published in 2005, Wondo Genet has an estimated total population of 5,792 consisting of 2,857 men and 2,935 women. [cite web | url = http://www.csa.gov.et/text_files/2005_national_statistics.htm | title = 2005 National Statistics, Table B.4 | format = pdf | publisher = Central Statistical Agency | accessmonthday = February 10 |accessyear = 2006 ] The 1994 census reported this town had a total population of 3,197 of whom 1,582 were males and 1,615 were females. It is one of two settlements in Awasa woreda.

Wondo Genet is known for its hot springs and is surrounded by primary Ethiopian forests. It is home to an arboretum and a College of Forestry which was founded in 1977 with Swedish assistance. [http://130.238.24.99/library/resources/dossiers/local_history_of_ethiopia/vw/ORTWEN.pdf "Local History in Ethiopia"] (pdf) The Nordic Africa Institute website (accessed 4 June 2008)] Also located in this resort town is the Essential Oils Research Sub Center, where spices, aromatic and medicinal plants are conserved and their qualities researched.

History

The Swedish Philadelphia Church Mission opened a mission in this town in 1961, which included a medical clinic.

The Wendo Genet earthquake of 1983 was among the most significant in Ethiopia in the 20th century. Its magnitude has not been determined, but was severe enough that the frightened inhabitants gathered at the Ethiopian Orthodox church below the hotel to sing and pray the whole day and the whole night. A later disaster was a complex of forest fires which erupted in 17 places in southern Ethiopia on 10 February 2000 including the vicinity of the College.

On 3 April 2008, 18 people were killed in clashes near Wondo Genet between the Guji Oromo and Sidama people over ownership to grazing and farm land. [ [http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/04/09/2212557.htm "Land clashes kill 18 in Ethiopia"] Australian Broadcasting Corporation website, posted 9 April 2008 (accessed 1 June 2008)]

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