Guduru, Ethiopia

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Guduru (also known as Kombolcha or Kombosha) is a town in southwestern Ethiopia. Located in the Misraq Welega Zone of the Oromia Region, this town has a latitude and longitude of 09°32′N, 37°30′E and an elevation of 1969 meters above sea level. It is the administrative center of Guduru woreda.

Records at the Nordic Africa Institute website provide details of a primary school in Guduru in the year 1968, and also mention the presence of a fort and a church.[1]

Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, Guduru has an estimated total population of 4,557 of whom 2,196 were males and 2,361 were females.[2] The 1994 census reported this town had a total population of 2,551 of whom 1,191 were males and 1,360 were females.

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  1. ^ "Local History in Ethiopia" (pdf) The Nordic Africa Institute website (accessed 9 April 2008)
  2. ^ CSA 2005 National Statistics, Table B.4
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