Gerba Guracha
Gerba Guracha
Robi, kuyyu | |
|---|---|
| Nickname: Garba Guracha/Kuyyu/ | |
  Location within Ethiopia | |
| Coordinates: 9°48′N 38°24′E / 9.800°N 38.400°E | |
| Country |  Ethiopia |
| Region | Oromia |
| Zone | North West Shewa |
| Population (2005) | |
| • Total | 19,830 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (EAT) |
Gerba Guracha (also known as Kuyyuu or Roobi; Afaan Oromo: Garba Gurraacha) is a town in central Ethiopia. Located in the North Shewa Zone of Oromiya Region, it has a latitude and longitude of 9°48′N 38°24′E / 9.800°N 38.400°E and an elevation between 2515 and 2547 meters above sea level. It is the administrative center of Kuyu woreda.
This town has had telephone service at least as early as 1967.[1]
C.F. Rey mentions passing through Gerba Guracha (which he describes it as a village) in January 1927.[2] Records at the Nordic Africa Institute website provide details of a primary school there in 1968.[1]
Demographics
Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, Gebra Guracha has an estimated total population of 19,830 of whom 9,184 were males and 10,646 were females.[3] The 1994 national census reported this town had a total population of 11,113 of whom 4,981 were males and 6,132 were females.
Notes
- ^ a b "Local History in Ethiopia" The Nordic Africa Institute website (accessed 27 May 2008)
- ^ C. F. Rey, "A Recent Visit to Gudru and Gojjam", Geographical Journal, 67 (1926),p. 502
- ^ CSA 2005 National Statistics Archived November 23, 2006, at the Wayback Machine, Table B.4