Guduru, Ethiopia

Guduru, Ethiopia

Guduru (also known as Kombolcha or Kombosha) is a town in southwestern Ethiopia. Located in the Misraq Welega Zone of the Oromia Region, this town has a latitude and longitude of coord|09|32|N|37|30|E and an elevation of 1969 meters above sea level. It is the administrative center of Guduru woreda.

Records at the Nordic Africa Institute website provide details of a primary school in Guduru in the year 1968, and also mention the presence of a fort and a church. [ [http://130.238.24.99/library/resources/dossiers/local_history_of_ethiopia/k/ORTKOM.pdf "Local History in Ethiopia"] (pdf) The Nordic Africa Institute website (accessed 9 April 2008)]

Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, Guduru has an estimated total population of 4,557 of whom 2,196 were males and 2,361 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 2,551 of whom 1,191 were males and 1,360 were females.

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