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 / 8.050°N 39.000°E 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[]

^ Socio-economic profile of Arsi Zone, Government of Oromia Region (last accessed 19 January 2008)
^ "Local History in Ethiopia"^{[permanent dead link]} (pdf) The Nordic Africa Institute website (accessed 16 January 2008)
^ CSA 2005 National Statistics Archived November 23, 2006, at the Wayback Machine, Table B.4

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[1] Socio-economic profile of Arsi Zone, Government of Oromia Region (last accessed 19 January 2008)

[2] "Local History in Ethiopia"^{[permanent dead link]} (pdf) The Nordic Africa Institute website (accessed 16 January 2008)

[3] CSA 2005 National Statistics Archived November 23, 2006, at the Wayback Machine, Table B.4

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