Bekoji
Sign in to saveBekoji (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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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- History
- Demographics
- Climate
- References
- External links
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.
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.
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