Gatama

Gatama
Gatama

Location within Ethiopia

Coordinates: 8°54′N 36°29′E / 8.900°N 36.483°E / 8.900; 36.483Coordinates: 8°54′N 36°29′E / 8.900°N 36.483°E / 8.900; 36.483
Country  Ethiopia
Region Oromia
Zone Misraq Welega
Elevation 2,142 m (7,028 ft)
Population (2005)
 • Total 4,082
Time zone EAT (UTC+3)

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 08°54′N 36°29′E / 8.900°N 36.483°E / 8.900; 36.483 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.

Notes

  1. ↑ Socio-economic profile of the East Wellega Zone Government of Oromia Region (last accessed 22 May 2008).
  2. ↑ "Local History in Ethiopia" The Nordic Africa Institute website (accessed 12 January 2008)
  3. ↑ CSA 2005 National Statistics, Table B.4
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