Ogolcho

Ogolcho is a town in southeastern Ethiopia. Located in the Arsi Zone of the Oromia Region, it has a latitude and longitude of 08°03′N 39°00′E / 8.05°N 39°E / 8.05; 39 with an elevation of 1687 meters above sea level. It is the administrative center of Ziway Dugda woreda.

Overview

According to the Oromia Regional government, this town currently has telephone and postal service, but no electricity.^[1]

According to materials on the Nordic Africa Institute website, Ogolcho was the administrative center of a woreda at least as early as the 1980s.^[2]

Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, Ogolcho has an estimated total population of 4,338 of whom 2,220 were males and 2,118 were females.^[3] The 1994 national census reported this town had a total population of 2,424 of whom 1,204 were males and 1,220 were females.

Notes

1. ^ Socio-economic profile of Arsi Zone, Government of Oromia Region (last accessed 19 January 2008)
2. ^ "Local History in Ethiopia" (pdf) The Nordic Africa Institute website (accessed 16 January 2008)
3. ^ CSA 2005 National Statistics, Table B.4