Bekoji

Bekoji (Oromo: Boqojjii, Amharic: በቆጂ) is a town in central Ethiopia. Located in the Arsi Zone of the Oromia Region, it has a latitude and longitude of with an elevation of 2810 m. It is the administrative centre of Limuna Bilbilo woreda.

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Place details

Locality: በቆጂ / Bekoji
Region: ኦሮሚያ ክልል Oromia أوروميا
Country: ኢትዮጵያ
Population: 36,800
Timezone: Africa/Addis_Ababa

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Key facts

Settlement.official_name: Bekoji
Settlement.native_name: በቆጂ
Settlement.settlement_type: Town
Settlement.pushpin_map: Ethiopia
Settlement.map_caption: Location of Bekoji in Ethiopia
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Ethiopia
Settlement.subdivision_type1: State
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Oromia
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Zone
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Arsi
Settlement.population_as_of: 2005
Settlement.population_total: 16,730
Settlement.timezone: EAT
Settlement.utc_offset: +3
Settlement.blank_name: Climate
Settlement.blank_info: Cwb

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: city
Country: Ethiopia
Located in: Arsi Zone
Elevation: 2817
Time zone: East Africa Time

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Demographics
Climate
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This town is located on the all-weather road to Goba built during the Italian occupation, 56 km south of Asella, and 50 km east of Lake Langano (the road from Assela through Goba and south to Dodola is now in 2013 tarmac all the way to Goba). A local landmark is the church of Liemu Maryam, east of Bekoji.

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