Gerba Guracha
Garba Gurraachaa | |
|---|---|
Town | |
| Nickname: Kuyyu | |
  Gerba Guracha Location within Ethiopia | |
| Coordinates: 9°48′N 38°24′E / 9.800°N 38.400°E | |
| Country |  Ethiopia |
| Region |  Oromia |
| Zone | North Shewa |
| Woreda | Kuyu |
| Population (2005) | |
| • Total | 19,830 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (EAT) |
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°48′N 38°24′E / 9.800°N 38.400°E 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]
- ^ a b "Local History in Ethiopia"[permanent dead link] The Nordic Africa Institute website (accessed 27 May 2008)
- ^ C. F. Rey, "A Recent Visit to Gudru and Gojjam", Geographical Journal, 67 (1926),p. 502