Gatama Explained

Official Name:Gatama
Pushpin Map:Ethiopia
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location within Ethiopia
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Ethiopia
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Oromia
Subdivision Type2:Zone
Subdivision Name2:Misraq Welega
Population As Of:2005
Population Total:4,082
Timezone:EAT
Utc Offset:+3
Coordinates:8.9°N 65°W
Elevation M:2142

Gatama (also transliterated Getema, Catama Argio) is a town in western Ethiopia. Located in the Misraq Welega Zone of the Oromia Region, it has a latitude and longitude of 8.9°N 65°W with an elevation of 2,142 meters above sea level. It is the administrative center of Diga Leka woreda.

Overview

This town was reported in 1997 to have telephone and postal service. Electricity is provided to Gatama from a diesel generator, which was reported as undependable.[1]

Records at the Nordic Africa Institute website provide details of a primary school at Gatama in 1968.[2]

Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, Gatama has an estimated total population of 4,082 of whom 1,969 were males and 2,113 were females.[3] The 1994 census reported this town had a total population of 2,285 of whom 1,068 were males and 1,217 were females.Gatama

Notes and References

  1. http://oromiagov.org/Socio%20Economic%20Profile/East%20Wellega/East%20Wellega.pdf Socio-economic profile of the East Wellega Zone
  2. http://130.238.24.99/library/resources/dossiers/local_history_of_ethiopia/g/ORTGES.pdf "Local History in Ethiopia"
  3. http://www.csa.gov.et/text_files/2005_national_statistics.htm CSA 2005 National Statistics