Gelila is a town in western Ethiopia. NOTE This intro is the result of careful NPOV work Please do not make potentially controversial edits to it without first discussing on the talk page Located in the Misraq Welega Zone of the Oromia Region, this town has a latitude and longitude of with an elevation of 2140 meters above sea level. Misraq Welega (or "East Welega" is one of the 12 Zones in the Ethiopian Region of Oromia. Oromia (sometimes spelled Oromiya and spelled Oromiyaa in the Oromo language) is one of the nine ethnic divisions ( kililoch) of It is the administrative center of Limmu woreda. Limmu is one of the 180 Woredas in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia. Woreda (also spelled wereda) is an Administrative division of Ethiopia (managed by a local government equivalent to a District.
Records at the Nordic Africa Institute website provide details of a primary school in Gelila during the year 1968. [1] Landmarks in the town include the church of St. Giyorgis.
Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, Gelila has an estimated total population of 4,890 of whom 2,248 were males and 2,642 were females. The Central Statistical Agency ( CSA; Amh: የማዕከላዊ ስታቲስቲክስ ኤጀንሲ is an agency of the government of Ethiopia designated [2] The 1994 census reported this town had a total population of 2,741 of whom 1,219 were males and 1,522 were females.
Notes
- ^ "Local History in Ethiopia" (pdf) The Nordic Africa Institute website (accessed 12 February 2008)
- ^ CSA 2005 National Statistics, Table B. 4
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