- Finote Selam
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subdivision_name1 =Amhara Region
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subdivision_name2 =Mirab Gojjam Zone
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population_total = 24,011 (est)
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footnotes =Finote Selam is a town in western
Ethiopia . Located in theMirab Gojjam Zone of theAmhara Region , this town has a longitude and latitude of coord|10|42|N|37|16|E with an elevation of 1917 meters above sea level. It is the administrative center ofJabi Tehnan woreda .Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, Finote Selam has an estimated total population of 24,011, of whom 12,069 were males and 11,942 were females. [ [http://www.csa.gov.et/text_files/2005_national_statistics.htm CSA 2005 National Statistics] , Table B.4] The 1994 census reported this town had a total population of 13,834 of whom 6,350 were males and 7,484 were females.
In 1964, a hospital for
lepers had been built in Finote Selam by the private fund "Swedish Aid to Leprous Children in Ethiopia". Two years later, it had still not been put into use. [ [http://130.238.24.99/library/resources/dossiers/local_history_of_ethiopia/f/ORTFI.pdf "Local History in Ethiopia"] (pdf) The Nordic Africa Institute website (accessed 27 November 2007)]Notes
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