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Also known as A.A Town, እስታሃዶይመ

Gimbi (ጊምቢ) is a town in western Oromia Region, Ethiopia. Located in the West Welega Zone, it has a latitude and longitude of with an elevation between 1845 and 1930 meters above sea level. It is the administrative center of Gimbi woreda. The area gets an average of about 1,500 millimeters of rainfall each year, with places like Gimbi receiving over 2,800 millimeters annually. This region is one of the wettest in Ethiopia, only having two to four dry months per year. The rainfall is higher in the mountains, as the terrain there traps more moisture, while the lowlands get less rain.

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Place details

Locality
Ghimbi
Region
ኦሮሚያ ክልል Oromia أوروميا
Country
ኢትዮጵያ
Population
64,300
Timezone
Africa/Addis_Ababa

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Key facts

Settlement.native_name_lang
om
Settlement.settlement_type
Town
Settlement.pushpin_map
Ethiopia
Settlement.pushpin_label_position
right
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
Location within Ethiopia
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Region
Settlement.subdivision_type2
Zone
Settlement.subdivision_name2
West Welega
Settlement.subdivision_type3
Woreda
Settlement.subdivision_name3
Gimbi
Settlement.population_as_of
2007
Settlement.population_total
30,981
Settlement.timezone
EAT
Settlement.utc_offset
+3
Settlement.elevation_m
1845

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Wikidata facts

Population
30981
Area
20.12
Elevation
1980
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  • Demographics
  • In popular culture
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Gimbi (ጊምቢ) is a town in western Oromia Region, Ethiopia. Located in the West Welega Zone, it has a latitude and longitude of with an elevation between 1845 and 1930 meters above sea level. It is the administrative center of Gimbi woreda. The area gets an average of about 1,500 millimeters of rainfall each year, with places like Gimbi receiving over 2,800 millimeters annually. This region is one of the wettest in Ethiopia, only having two to four dry months per year. The rainfall is higher in the mountains, as the terrain there traps more moisture, while the lowlands get less rain.

Gimbi has had telephone service from some point between 1954 and 1967. Iron had traditionally been produced in the area. A North Korean team of specialists investigated the deposits in the mid-1980s.

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