Guder is a town located in the West Shewa Zone of the Oromia of Ethiopia. Located 12km west of Ambo, this town has a latitude and longitude of 8°58′N 37°46′E / 8.967°N 37.767°E, with an elevation of 2101 meters above sea level. Guder is famous for its Guder River Falls and year-round fruit production, using plentiful water resources in the vicinity.
Guder
Gudar (Oromo) | |
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Town | |
  Guder Location within Ethiopia  Guder Guder (Africa) | |
| Coordinates: 8°58′N 37°46′E / 8.967°N 37.767°E | |
| Country |  Ethiopia |
| Region |  Oromia |
| Zone | West Shewa Zone |
| Woreda | Naannawa Ambo |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (EAT) |
Demographics
editBased on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, Guder has an estimated total population of 17,084 of whom 8,272 are men and 8,812 women.[1] It is one of five towns in Naannawa Ambo woreda.
The 1994 census reported this town had a total population of 9,562, of whom 4,486 were men and 5,076 women. The five largest ethnic groups reported in Guder were the Oromo (83.79%), and the Amhara (12.34%); all other ethnic groups made up 3.87% of the population. Oromo was spoken as a first language by 79.15%, and 18.92% spoke Amharic; the remaining 1.93% spoke all other primary languages reported. The majority of the inhabitants (86.96%) professed Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, while 9.39% of the population said they were Protestant, and 2.53% were Muslim.[2]
Sources
edit- ^ CSA 2005 National Statistics Archived 2009-11-13 at the Wayback Machine, Table B.4
- ^ 1994 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia: Results for Oromia Region, Vol. 1, part 1 Archived 2009-11-15 at the Wayback Machine, Tables 2.5, 2.14, 2.17, 2.20 (accessed 6 April 2009)
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