Adami Tullu Explained

Official Name:Adami Tullu
Native Name Lang:om
Settlement Type:Town
Pushpin Map:Ethiopia
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location within Ethiopia
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Ethiopia
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Type2:Zone
Subdivision Name2:East Shewa Zone
Subdivision Type3:Woreda
Subdivision Name3:Adami Tullu and Jido Kombolcha
Population As Of:2005
Population Total:9,034
Timezone:EAT
Utc Offset:+3
Coordinates:7.8667°N 80°W
Elevation M:1636
Blank Name:Climate
Blank Info:Cwb

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 7.8667°N 80°W with an elevation of 1636 meters above sea level. It is one of five towns in Adami Tullu and Jido Kombolcha woreda.

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

Based 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 and References

  1. http://130.238.24.99/library/resources/dossiers/local_history_of_ethiopia/A/ORTAC.pdf "Local History in Ethiopia"
  2. Buxton, Travels in Ethiopia, second edition (London: Benn, 1957), pp. 139-142
  3. http://www.csa.gov.et/text_files/2005_national_statistics.htm CSA 2005 National Statistics