Genet, Ethiopia
Genet (also known as Genet Limmu and formerly as Suntu) is a town in southern Ethiopia. Located in the Jimma Zone of the Oromia Region, it has a latitude and longitude of 08°06′N 36°57′E / 8.1°N 36.95°ECoordinates: 08°06′N 36°57′E / 8.1°N 36.95°E with an elevation of 1773 meters above sea level. It is the administrative center of Limmu Kosa woreda.
[edit] History
The town of Suntu was renamed Limmu Genet by Dejazmach Mesfin Sileshi when he was governor of the province. A coffee washing center was established in the late 1950s, and in its first regular working season (1956/57) processed 300 tons, which yielded about 75 tons of cleaned coffee beans.[1]
In 1962, a trail connecting Genet to Welkite was passable by trucks in the dry season. An all weather road south to Jimma was built in 1966 by the Highway Authority.[1]
[edit] Demographics
Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, Genet has an estimated total population of 12,037 of whom 6,063 were males and 5,974 were females.[2] The 1994 census reported this town had a total population of 6,729 of whom 3,288 were males and 3,441 were females.
[edit] Notes
- ^ a b "Local History in Ethiopia" The Nordic Africa Institute website (accessed 11 December 2007)
- ^ CSA 2005 National Statistics, Table B.4
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