Arjo
Sign in to saveArjo (, , also spelled Argio) is a town in Ethiopia, located in Jimma Arjo woreda, in the Misraq Welega Zone of the Oromo Region. President Mulatu Teshome was born in Arjo. Dr. Haile Fida, one of the pioneers in developing modern Afaan Oromo writing system (Qubee Afaan Oromo), was born in Arjo and attended his early education here. Captain Gashahun Tariku Kalbessa, a former Ethiopian Air Force pilot and one of the top pilots in the history of the Ethiopian Air Force. He was born in Arjo and completed his early education here.
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Arjo (, , also spelled Argio) is a town in Ethiopia, located in Jimma Arjo woreda, in the Misraq Welega Zone of the Oromo Region. President Mulatu Teshome was born in Arjo. Dr. Haile Fida, one of the pioneers in developing modern Afaan Oromo writing system (Qubee Afaan Oromo), was born in Arjo and attended his early education here. Captain Gashahun Tariku Kalbessa, a former Ethiopian Air Force pilot and one of the top pilots in the history of the Ethiopian Air Force. He was born in Arjo and completed his early education here.
==Overview== Serving in the town from 1997 to 1997, Kate Collins Faber, a Peace Corps volunteer, described it as appearing to be "a fairly large village with clusters of tin-roofed houses lining the gravel road," but that in actuality the town was very small.
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