Chencha
Sign in to saveChencha (also known as Dincha) is a town in southern Ethiopia. Located in the Gamo Gofa Zone of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples Region, 37 kilometers north of Arba Minch, Chencha has a longitude and latitude of and an elevation of 2732 meters above sea level.
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Place details
- Locality
- ጨንቻ / Chencha
- Region
- ደቡብ ኢትዮጵያ ክልላዊ መንግስት South Ethiopia Regional State ولاية جنوب إثيوبيا الإقليمية
- Country
- ኢትዮጵያ
- Population
- 27,500
- Timezone
- Africa/Addis_Ababa
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- Instance of
- district of Ethiopia
- Country
- Ethiopia
- Located in
- Gamo Zone
- Population
- 10225
- Area
- 4.87
- Elevation
- 2739
- Image
- Chencha, Ethiopia.jpg
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Chencha (also known as Dincha) is a town in southern Ethiopia. Located in the Gamo Gofa Zone of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples Region, 37 kilometers north of Arba Minch, Chencha has a longitude and latitude of and an elevation of 2732 meters above sea level.
Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia published in 2005, Chencha has an estimated total population of 10,488 consisting of 4,750 men and 5,738 women. The 1994 national census reported this town had a total population of 5,787 of whom 2,630 were males and 3,157 were females. It is one of three towns in Chencha woreda.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chencha” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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