Kele, Ethiopia

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subdivision_name1 = Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples Region
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Kele is a town in southern Ethiopia, and is the administrative center of the Amaro special woreda. Located in the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples Region southeast of Lake Abaya, this town has a latitude and longitude of coord|05|05|N|37|19|E with an altitude of 1424 meters above sea level. The name of this town, "Kele", comes from the Oromo word for the gate in a thorn hedge; the concept of kela as a customs post on the border of a province was taken over by the Oromo invaders from the Sidama peoples who previously dominated southern Ethiopia. [ [http://130.238.24.99/library/resources/dossiers/local_history_of_ethiopia/k/ORTKED.pdf "Local History in Ethiopia"] (pdf) The Nordic Africa Institute website (accessed 31 May 2008)]

Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, Kele has an estimated total population of 5,542 of whom 2,827 were males and 2,715 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 1,900 of whom 822 were males and 1,078 were females.

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