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Place details
- Locality
- Nedjo
- Region
- ኦሮሚያ ክልል Oromia أوروميا
- Country
- ኢትዮጵያ
- Population
- 39,400
- Timezone
- Africa/Addis_Ababa
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- History
- Demographics
- Climate
- See also
- Notes
Nedjo (also transliterated Nejjoo) is a town in western Ethiopia. Located in the West Welega Zone of the Oromia Region, this town has a latitude and longitude of with an elevation of 1821 meters above sea level. It is the administrative center of Nejo woreda. Nejo is served by Nejjo Airport and is 150 km east of Asosa Airport.
In his travel book, ''In Search of King Solomon's Mines, Tahir Shah described Nejo in the late 20th century as a town with "a muddy main street", lined with "buildings with corrugated iron roofs and cement walls". He stops in a bar where "kerosene and sawdust had been sprinkled on the floor to keep away the flies."
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Ethiopian aristocratic and court titles
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Oromo
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Shewa
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list of cities and towns in Ethiopia
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district of Ethiopia
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