Soyama

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Soyama is a town in southern Ethiopia, and is the administrative center of the Burji special woreda. Located in the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples Region, this town has a longitude and latitude of 05°42′N, 37°53′E with an elevation of 1660 meters above sea level. According to information on the Nordic Africa Institute website, it appears to be named after a nearby range of mountains northeast of the town and to the southeast of Lake Chamo.[1]

Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, Soyama has an estimated total population of 8052, of whom 4134 were males and 3918 were females.[2]

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  1. ^ "Local History in Ethiopia" (pdf) The Nordic Africa Institute website (accessed 13 December 2007)
  2. ^ CSA 2005 National Statistics, Table B.4


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