Adami Tullu (Oromo, Tulluu Adaamii also spelled Adaamii Tuluu) a town located about 168 kilometers south of Addis Ababa in the East Shewa Zone of the Oromia Region, Ethiopia. , Adami Tullu has a latitude and longitude of 7°52′N 38°42′E / 7.867°N 38.700°E with an elevation of 1636 meters above sea level. It is one of five towns in Adami Tullu and Jido Kombolcha woreda.
Adami Tullu
Adaamii Tulluu (Oromo) | |
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Town | |
  Adami Tullu Location within Ethiopia | |
| Coordinates: 7°52′N 38°42′E / 7.867°N 38.700°E | |
| Country |  Ethiopia |
| Region |  Oromia |
| Zone | East Shewa Zone |
| Woreda | Adami Tullu and Jido Kombolcha |
| Elevation | 1,636 m (5,367 ft) |
| Population (2005) | |
| • Total | 9,034 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (EAT) |
| Climate | Cwb |
Adami Tulli was founded by an emigrant from Germany named Goetz around 1902. He built a substantial farmhouse on the top of a local hill, which the Guida described in 1938 as "picturesque like a medieval castle".[1] During the Second Italian-Abyssinian War, the local Arsi Oromo looted and burned his farm, forcing Goetz to flee to an island in Lake Zway for safety. He returned for a while, but when his property was ruined a second time in the chaos following the defeat of the Italian occupiers, Goetz returned to the island in Lake Zway for good, where David Buxton found him in 1943.[2] The house Goetz lived in during 1960 is still existing near the church (Foto from 2015: /Users/Wolfgang/Pictures/Bibliothek iPhoto/Masters/2015/03/07/20150307-120138/IMGP2481.JPG). The ruins of Goetz's former "castle" can still be seen in 2015 on top of the hill (/Users/Wolfgang/Pictures/Bibliothek iPhoto/Previews/2015/02/28/20150228-162417/IMG_1041.jpg).
Demographics
editBased on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, Adami Tulli has an estimated total population of 9,034 of whom 4,565 were males and were 4,469 females.[3] The 1994 census reported this town had a total population of 5,050 of whom 2,476 were males and 2,574 were females.
Notes
edit- ^ "Local History in Ethiopia"[permanent dead link] (pdf) The Nordic Africa Institute website (accessed 2 January 2008)
- ^ Buxton, Travels in Ethiopia, second edition (London: Benn, 1957), pp. 139-142
- ^ CSA 2005 National Statistics Archived November 23, 2006, at the Wayback Machine, Table B.3
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