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Place details
- Locality
- Bishoftu
- Region
- ኦሮሚያ ክልል Oromia أوروميا
- Country
- ኢትዮጵያ
- Population
- 207,400
- Timezone
- Africa/Addis_Ababa
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Bishoftu
- Settlement.native_name
- ቢሾፍቱ
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- am
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.image_caption
- From top left: Bishoftu Lake; Kuriftu Resorts & Spa; Lake Babogaya at dawn; Bishoftu rainforest
- Settlement.nickname
- The City of Seven Lakes
- Settlement.map_caption
- Kuriftu cultural village in Bishoftu
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Ethiopia#Africa
- 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
- East Shewa
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 1920
- Settlement.population_total
- 99928
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2007
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- district of Ethiopia
- Country
- Ethiopia
- Located in
- Misraq Shewa Zone
- Population
- 99928
- Area
- 140
- Elevation
- 1920
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Official website
- www.bishoftu.org
- Image
- Lake Hora.JPG
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- Commons category
- Debre Zeyit
- P8168
- Hubert Beuve-Méry
- P12749
- Gurren Lagann
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Climate
- History
- Demographics
- Organisations
- Notes
- External links
Bishoftu (; ) is a city in central Ethiopia. Located in the East Shewa Zone of the Oromia Region, it sits at an elevation of 1,920 metres (6,300 ft). It was formerly known as Debre Zeyit (). The town serves as the primary airbase of the Ethiopian Air Force.
Bishoftu is located southeast of Addis Ababa along its route 4 highway. It is a resort town, known for its several lakes.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bishoftu” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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