Kemise

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subdivision_name = Ethiopia
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subdivision_name2 = Oromia Zone
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Kemise (also known as Kascim) is a town in northeastern Ethiopia. Located in the Oromia Zone of the Amhara Region, this town has a longitude and latitude of coord|10|43|N|39|30|E with an elevation of 1424 meters above sea level.

Around Kemise are three villages with mosques, reachable only by footpaths: Dewe Rahmedo, about 20 km from Kemise; Shonkey, 23 km away; and about 12 km south of Kemise there is a footpath to the east, after another 5 km arrives at Tiru Sina. There are allegedly Muslim monasteries for men and women around this town, with their members living in round huts distributed in the landscape, separated from each other in the same way as Christian monks and nuns. [ [http://130.238.24.99/library/resources/dossiers/local_history_of_ethiopia/k/ORTKEM.pdf "Local History in Ethiopia"] (pdf) The Nordic Africa Institute website (accessed 17 December 2007)]

Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, Kemise has an estimated total population of 18,897 of whom 10,151 were males and 8,746 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 10,822 of whom 5,341 were males and 5,481 were females. It is the larger of two towns in Chefe Golana Dewerahmedo woreda.

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