Kula, Ethiopia

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Kula is a town in southeastern Ethiopia. Located in the Arsi Zone of the Oromia Region, it has a latitude and longitude of 07°58′N39°42′E / 7.967°N 39.700°E / 7.967; 39.700 with an elevation of 2842 meters above sea level. The town is the administrative center of Sude woreda; according to materials on the Nordic Africa Institute website, it had been the administrative center at least as early as the 1980s. [1]

According to the Oromia Regional government, this town currently has wired & wireless telephone service, 24 hours electricity, one community FM station. A veterinary clinic is reportedly under construction. [2]

Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, Kula has an estimated total population of 2,648 of whom 1,278 were males and 1,370 were females. [3]

Notes

  1. "Local History in Ethiopia" [ permanent dead link ] The Nordic Africa Institute website (accessed 16 January 2008)
  2. Socio-economic profile of Arsi Zone, Government of Oromia Region (last accessed 19 January 2008)
  3. CSA 2005 National Statistics Archived 2008-07-31 at the Wayback Machine , Table B.4

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