Guder Explained

For other uses see Guder (disambiguation).

Official Name:Guder
Native Name Lang:om
Settlement Type:Town
Pushpin Map:Ethiopia#Africa
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location within Ethiopia
Pushpin Mapsize:300
Coordinates:8.9667°N 83°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Ethiopia
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Type2:Zone
Subdivision Name2:West Shewa Zone
Subdivision Type3:Woreda
Subdivision Name3:Naannawa Ambo
Unit Pref:Imperial
Timezone:EAT
Utc Offset:+3

Guder is a town located in the West Shewa Zone of the Oromia of Ethiopia. Located 12km west of Ambo, this town has a latitude and longitude of 8.9667°N 83°W, with an elevation of 2101 meters above sea level. Guder is famous for its Guder River Falls and year-round fruit production, using plentiful water resources in the vicinity.

Demographics

Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, Guder has an estimated total population of 17,084 of whom 8,272 are men and 8,812 women.[1] It is one of five towns in Naannawa Ambo woreda.

The 1994 census reported this town had a total population of 9,562, of whom 4,486 were men and 5,076 women. The five largest ethnic groups reported in Guder were the Oromo (83.79%), and the Amhara (12.34%); all other ethnic groups made up 3.87% of the population. Oromo was spoken as a first language by 79.15%, and 18.92% spoke Amharic; the remaining 1.93% spoke all other primary languages reported. The majority of the inhabitants (86.96%) professed Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, while 9.39% of the population said they were Protestant, and 2.53% were Muslim.[2]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.csa.gov.et/surveys/National%20statistics/national%20statistics%202005/Population.pdf CSA 2005 National Statistics
  2. http://www.csa.gov.et/surveys/Population%20and%20Housing%20Census%201994/survey0/data/docs%5Creport%5CStatistical_Report%5Ck04%5Ck04_partI.pdf 1994 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia: Results for Oromia Region, Vol. 1, part 1