Finote Selam

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Finote Selam
Finote Selam Location in Ethiopia
Coordinates: 10°42′N 37°16′E / 10.7, 37.267
Country	‎ Ethiopia
Region	Amhara Region
Zone	Mirab Gojjam Zone
Elevation	1,917 m (6,289 ft)
Population (2005)
- Total	24,011 (est)
Time zone	EAT (UTC+3)

Finote Selam is a town in western Ethiopia. Located in the Mirab Gojjam Zone of the Amhara Region, this town has a longitude and latitude of 10°42′N, 37°16′E with an elevation of 1917 meters above sea level. It is the administrative center of Jabi Tehnan woreda.

Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, Finote Selam has an estimated total population of 24,011, of whom 12,069 were males and 11,942 were females.^[1] The 1994 census reported this town had a total population of 13,834 of whom 6,350 were males and 7,484 were females.

In 1964, a hospital for lepers had been built in Finote Selam by the private fund "Swedish Aid to Leprous Children in Ethiopia". Two years later, it had still not been put into use.^[2]

[edit] Notes

1. ^ CSA 2005 National Statistics, Table B.4
2. ^ "Local History in Ethiopia" (pdf) The Nordic Africa Institute website (accessed 27 November 2007)