Gerba Guracha Explained

Official Name:Gerba Guracha
Native Name:Garba Gurraachaa
Nickname:Kuyyu
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:North Shewa
Subdivision Type3:Woreda
Subdivision Name3:Kuyu
Population As Of:2005
Population Total:19,830
Timezone:EAT
Utc Offset:+3
Coordinates:9.8°N 62°W

Gerba Guracha (Oromo: Garba Gurraachaa) is a town in central Ethiopia. Located in the North Shewa Zone of Oromia Region, Ethiopia, it is an inland port city in Selale. It has a latitude and longitude of 9.8°N 62°W and an elevation between 2,515 and 2,547 meters above sea level. It is the administrative center of Kuyu woreda.

This town has had telephone service at least as early as 1967.[1]

C.F. Rey mentions passing through Gerba Guracha (which he describes it as a village) in January 1927.[2] Records at the Nordic Africa Institute website provide details of a primary school there in 1968.[1]

Demographics

Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, Gebra Guracha has an estimated total population of 19,830 of whom 9,184 were males and 10,646 were females.[3] The 1994 national census reported this town had a total population of 11,113 of whom 4,981 were males and 6,132 were females.

Notes and References

  1. http://130.238.24.99/library/resources/dossiers/local_history_of_ethiopia/g/ORTGAS.pdf "Local History in Ethiopia"
  2. C. F. Rey, "A Recent Visit to Gudru and Gojjam", Geographical Journal, 67 (1926),p. 502
  3. http://www.csa.gov.et/text_files/2005_national_statistics.htm CSA 2005 National Statistics