Official Name: | Galan |
Native Name: | Oromo: Galaan |
Native Name Lang: | om |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Pushpin Map: | Ethiopia#Africa |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within Ethiopia |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Ethiopia |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Type2: | Zone |
Subdivision Name2: | Oromia Special Zone Surrounding Finfinne |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Timezone: | EAT |
Utc Offset: | +3 |
Galan (Oromo: '''Galaan''') is a town located in the Akaki district of the Oromia Special Zone Surrounding Finfine and 25 km South East from Addis Ababa Addis Ababa-Adama highway crossing galan town.
In 2020 it attracted attention for being the site of the murder of Oromo musician Hachalu Hundessa, whose death sparked a series of intense rioting across Oromia.[1] [2]