Meinit
Sign in to saveMeinit was one of the 77 woredas in the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Bench Maji Zone, Meinit was bordered on the south by Dizi, on the west by Sheko, on the north by Bench, on the east by the Keficho Shekicho Zone, and on the southeast by the Omo River which separated it from the Debub Omo Zone. Towns in Meinit included Bachuma, and Jemu. Meinit was separated for Meinit Goldiya and Meinit Shasha woredas.
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Meinit was one of the 77 woredas in the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Bench Maji Zone, Meinit was bordered on the south by Dizi, on the west by Sheko, on the north by Bench, on the east by the Keficho Shekicho Zone, and on the southeast by the Omo River which separated it from the Debub Omo Zone. Towns in Meinit included Bachuma, and Jemu. Meinit was separated for Meinit Goldiya and Meinit Shasha woredas.
The part of this woreda which lied within 15 kilometers of the Omo was included in the Omo National Park.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Meinit” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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