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2 unusual facts about Oromia


Liben

Liben, Oromia, woreda in the Guji Zone of Oromia Region, Ethiopia

Liben, Oromia, Misraq Shewa, woreda in the Misraq Shewa Zone of Oromia Region, Ethiopia


Addis Alem

Addis Alem, Shewa (also known as Ejersa) is the largest and best known, and is located in the Oromia Region.

Ayelech Worku

She was born in the Arsi Zone of the Oromia province, the same region as double Olympic champion Haile Gebrselassie.

Bale Province, Ethiopia

With the adoption of the constitution in 1995, Bale was divided between the Oromia and Somali Regions of Ethiopia.

Bale Zone

The highest point in the Bale Zone, and also the highest point in Oromia, is Mount Batu (4,307 m), one of the Urgoma Mountains.

Borana

Borena Zone, one of the 17 zones of the Oromia Region of Ethiopia

Borena Zone

The Borena Zone was created shortly after the adoption of the new constitution in 1995 and the creation of the Oromia Region.

Debre Libanos

Debre Libanos (ደብረ፡ሊባኖስ, Däbrä Libanos) is a monastery in Ethiopia, lying northwest of Addis Ababa in the Semien Shewa Zone of the Oromia Region.

Gebisa Ejeta

With aid from Oklahoma State University, he attended an agriculture and technical secondary school in Oromia-Ethiopia and also studied at what is now Haramaya University.

Gursum

Fugnan Bira, a town in the Gursum woreda of Oromia also known by the name Gursum

Hozo language

Hozo is an Afroasiatic language spoken mostly in the Kondala woreda of Mirab Welega Zone (Western Oromia) by peoples generically known as "Mao".

Jimma University

Jimma University (JU) is a public university located in Jimma, Oromia, Ethiopia.

Oromia Coffee Farmers Cooperative Union

The Oromia Coffee Farmers Cooperative Union (OCFCU) is an Ethiopian agricultural cooperative federation, established in June 1999, representing approximately 102,950 coffee growers, processors, and exporters of the Oromia Region of southern and western Ethiopia.

Softu

Around 2,370 households came to settle themselves in four camps around this town: one of the camps include people from the Bale Zone in Oromia, while three housed people claiming to come from Liben woreda in Borena Zone in Oromia.

SOS Sahel Ethiopia

SOS Sahel Ethiopia works in three regions of Ethiopia: the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People's, Oromia and Amhara regions.

Tullu Milki

Located in North Shewa Zone of Oromiya Region, this town lies about 170 kilometers north west of Addis Ababa.


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