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Place details

Locality
Shambu
Region
ኦሮሚያ ክልል Oromia أوروميا
Country
ኢትዮጵያ
Population
31,100
Timezone
Africa/Addis_Ababa

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Contents
  • History
  • Demographics
  • Schools
  • Primary schools
  • Secondary schools
  • Tertiary schools
  • Health facilities
  • Forests
  • Notes

thumb|Center of town thumb|Shambu stadium Shaamboo is a town and separate woreda in western Ethiopia. Located in the Horo Guduru Welega Zone of Oromia Region west of Lake Fincha'a, this town has an elevation of 2,503 metres above sea level. It was previously the administrative centre of Horro woreda.

==History== A Swedish reporter published in 1969, an account of conditions in Shaamboo Prison, which consists of a fenced-in area the size of a football field, and associated buildings. A deep trench 3×5 metres in size is the common latrine for about 130 men and women. Most of the prisoners are chained, and are fed once a day. The eight female prisoners were locked in a single room 8×3 metres and never allowed outside. The men are only confined at night into two rooms 8×12 metres, 60 men in each, and sleep directly upon the wooden floor.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Shambu city” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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