Boditi
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Boditi is a town in southern Ethiopia
. Located in the Wolaita Zone of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples Region, this town has a latitude and longitude of 6°58′N 37°52′E with an elevation of 2050 meters above sea level. It the administrative center of Damot Gale
woreda
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permanent postal service is available, as well as electricity and telephone service. More colleges and higher educational Institutions are currently being developed as more number of schoolaged kids are increasing.
The map attached to C. W. Gwynn's account of his 1908/09 triangulation survey of southern Ethiopia shows Boditi, with the note that it had a market. During the early 1930s, the market was held on Tuesdays and was very important. In 1969, a group of Swedish architectural students surveyed Boditi, and presented their findings to the University of Lund.
Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency
in 2005, Boditi has an estimated total population of 24,281 of whom 11,702 are men and 12,579 are women. The 1994 national census reported this town had a total population of 13,400 of whom 6,479 were men and 6,921 were women.
Ethiopia
Ethiopia , officially known as the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. It is the second-most populous nation in Africa, with over 82 million inhabitants, and the tenth-largest by area, occupying 1,100,000 km2...
. Located in the Wolaita Zone of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples Region, this town has a latitude and longitude of 6°58′N 37°52′E with an elevation of 2050 meters above sea level. It the administrative center of Damot Gale
Damot Gale
Damot Gale is one of the 77 woredas in the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples' Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Wolayita Zone, Damot Gale is bordered on the south by Sodo Zuria, on the west by Boloso Sore, on the north by the Hadiya Zone, and on the east by Damot Weyde...
woreda
Woreda
Woreda is an administrative division of Ethiopia , equivalent to a district . Woredas are composed of a number of Kebele, or neighborhood associations, which are the smallest unit of local government in Ethiopia...
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permanent postal service is available, as well as electricity and telephone service. More colleges and higher educational Institutions are currently being developed as more number of schoolaged kids are increasing.
The map attached to C. W. Gwynn's account of his 1908/09 triangulation survey of southern Ethiopia shows Boditi, with the note that it had a market. During the early 1930s, the market was held on Tuesdays and was very important. In 1969, a group of Swedish architectural students surveyed Boditi, and presented their findings to the University of Lund.
Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency
Central Statistical Agency (Ethiopia)
The Central Statistical Agency is an agency of the government of Ethiopia designated to provide all surveys and censuses for that country used to monitor economic and social growth, as well as to act as an official training center in that field. It is part of the Ethiopian Ministry of Finance and...
in 2005, Boditi has an estimated total population of 24,281 of whom 11,702 are men and 12,579 are women. The 1994 national census reported this town had a total population of 13,400 of whom 6,479 were men and 6,921 were women.