Gore, Ethiopia

Gore
Goree
Town
Gore is located in Ethiopia
Gore
Gore
Location within Ethiopia
Coordinates: 8°9′N 35°31′E / 8.150°N 35.517°E / 8.150; 35.517
CountryEthiopiaEthiopia
RegionOromia RegionOromia
ZoneIllubabor
Elevation
2,085 m (6,841 ft)
Population
 (2005)
 • Total
12,708
Time zoneUTC+3 (EAT)

Gore (Oromo: Goree) is a town in south-western Ethiopia. Located south of Metu in the Illubabor Zone of the Oromia Region, this town has a latitude and longitude of 8°9′N 35°31′E / 8.150°N 35.517°E / 8.150; 35.517 and an elevation of 2085 meters.

Gore is known for its honey. The map attached to C. W. Gwynn's account of his 1908/09 triangulation survey of southern Ethiopia shows that Gore had a telegraph station.[1] During the 1960s experimental tea plantations were started around Gore, and a number of them thrived. The Gummaro plantation near Gore, with 800 hectares, is the largest tea plantation in Ethiopia.[2]

The town is served by Gore Airport. Captain Esme Nourse Erskine, the British Consul at Gore (1928-1936), developed the aerodrome and produced “Flying Directions Kurmuk to Gore (1932).[3]

  1. ^ Gwynn, "A Journey in Southern Abyssinia", Geographical Journal, 38 (1911), pp. 113-139
  2. ^ "Local History in Ethiopia"[permanent dead link‍] The Nordic Africa Institute website (accessed 27 November 2007)
  3. ^ Asafou Waseni, Aeroplane Landing, Gore, by Capt. E.N. Erskine. Reproduced by the Sudan Survey Dept, Khartoum May 1932 and updated Sept 1936 and File: Air Route – Kurmuk to Addis Abbaba. Sketch map. (WOMAAT-AFR-ABY-56-1).JPG https://commons.wikimedia.orgview_image.php?q=Gore,_Ethiopia&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:Air_Route--_Kurmuk_to_Addis_Abbaba._Sketch_map._(WOMAT-AFR-ABY-56-1).jpg ; File: Gore (W. Abyssinia). Plans of Aeroplane Landing-ground and Surroundings. Correspondence. Despatch No. 15. (WOMAT-AFR-ABY-55-3-1-2).jpg. https://commons.wikimedia.orgview_image.php?q=Gore,_Ethiopia&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:Gore_(W._Abyssinia)._Plans_of_Aeroplane_Landing-ground_and_Surroundings._Correspondence._Despatch_No._15._(WOMAT-AFR-ABY-55-3-1-2).jpg