Official Name: | Gununo |
Settlement Type: | City |
Pushpin Map: | Ethiopia |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within Ethiopia |
Pushpin Label: | Gununo |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Ethiopia |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Type2: | Zone |
Subdivision Name2: | Wolaita |
Subdivision Type3: | Woreda |
Subdivision Name3: | Damot Sore |
Leader Party: | Prosperity Party |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Wondimu Dereje |
Timezone1: | EAT |
Utc Offset: | +3 |
Coordinates: | 6.9225°N 37.6492°W |
Population Total: | 27,297 |
Population As Of: | 2019 |
Total Type: | Urban |
Population Blank1: | 13,376 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Male |
Population Blank2 Title: | Female |
Population Blank2: | 13,921 |
Gununo (Geez: '''ጉኑኖ''')[1] is a city in Wolaita, Ethiopia. The city is administrative capital of Damot Sore district of Wolayita Zone. Gununo is located 345 km far from Addis Ababa which is the capital city of Ethiopia, and 17 km away from the capital of Wolaita Zone which is Sodo. The other districts situated near to Gununo are; on the South by Sodo Zuria, on the North West by Boloso Bombe, on the West by Kindo Koysha, and on the East by Boloso Sore. The coordinate point of Gununo city is 6°55'21"N 37°38'57"E.[2]
Total population of the Gununo as conducted by central statistical agency of Ethiopia in 2020 is 15,700. From this 7,963 are men and 7,737 are women. The reproductive age group of women in this town are about 23.3% or 6,360 in number.[3] There is only one health center and three private clinics in the city.