Debre Selam is a town in central Ethiopia

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 Arsi Zone

Arsi Zone

Arsi is one of the 12 zones of the Oromia Region in Ethiopia. Arsi is also the name of a former province. Both the Zone and the former province are named after a subgroup of the Oromo, who inhabit both...

 of the Oromia Region

Oromia Region

Oromia is one of the nine ethnic divisions of Ethiopia...

, this town has a latitude and longitude of 08°15′N 40°08′E with an elevation of 1451 meters above sea level. It is the administrative center of Gololcha

Gololcha

Gololcha is one of the 180 woredas in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Arsi Zone, Gololcha is bordered on the south by Amigna, on the west by Chole, on the northwest by Aseko, and on the north and east by the Mirab Hararghe Zone...

 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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According to the Oromia Regional government, this town currently lacks electricity, telephone and postal service.

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, Debre Selam has an estimated total population of 1,465 of whom 739 were males and 726 were females. The 1994 national census reported this town had a total population of 819 of whom 401 were males and 416 were females.