| Garba Guracha Roobii, kuyyuu |
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| Nickname(s): Garba Gurraacha/Kuyyuu/ | |
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Garba Guracha
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| Country | Ethiopia |
| Region | Oromia |
| Zone | Semien Shewa (Shawaa Kaabaa) |
| Population (2005) | |
| • Total | 19,830 |
| Time zone | EAT (UTC+3) |
Garba Guracha (also known as Kuyu or Robi) is a town in central Ethiopia. Located in the Shawaa Kaabaa /Semien Shewa Zone of the Oromia Region, it has a latitude and longitude of and an elevation between 2515 and 2547 meters above sea level. It is the administrative center of Kuyu woreda.
This town has had telephone service at least as early as 1967.[1]
C.F. Rey mentions passing through Gerbe Guracha (which he describes it as a village) in January 1927.[2] Records at the Nordic Africa Institute website provide details of a primary school there in 1968.[1]
Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, Gebre Guracha has an estimated total population of 19,830 of whom 9,184 were males and 10,646 were females.[3] The 1994 national census reported this town had a total population of 11,113 of whom 4,981 were males and 6,132 were females.