Jinka

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Jinka is a market town in southern Ethiopia. Located in the hills north of the Tama Plains in the Debub Omo Zone of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples Region, this town has a latitude and longitude of 5°39′N, 36°39′E and an elevation of 1490 meters above sea level.

Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, Jinka has an estimated total population of 22,475 of whom 11,774 were males and 10,701 were females.[1] Previous population figures vary: one source states in 1994 there were about 12,400 inhabitants; according to another source, in 1993 there were about 9,520.[2] It is the largest settlement in Bako Gazer woreda.

Jinka is home to the German-funded South-Omo Museum and Research Center,[3] and an airstrip (IATA code BCO[4]). Its market day is Saturday. The Mago National Park, 40 kilometers south by unpaved road, is a nearby attraction.

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ CSA 2005 National Statistics, Table B.4
  2. ^ "Local History in Ethiopia" (pdf) The Nordic Africa Institute website (accessed 26 November 2007)
  3. ^ Described in Phillips, Matt and Carillet, Jean-Bernard Ethiopia and Eritrea, 3rd ed. (London: Lonely Planet, 2006), p. 203
  4. ^ The destination for inbound flights is still described as Baco, an older name for the town


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