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Also known as Nejjoo, Nedjo

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Place details

Locality
Nedjo
Region
ኦሮሚያ ክልል Oromia أوروميا
Country
ኢትዮጵያ
Population
39,400
Timezone
Africa/Addis_Ababa

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18.6 µg/m³
PM10
24.0 µg/m³
As of 2026-08-15 03:00 · Open-Meteo

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Encyclopedic overview

5 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Demographics
  • Climate
  • See also
  • Notes

Nedjo (also transliterated Nejjoo) is a town in western Ethiopia. Located in the West Welega Zone of the Oromia Region, this town has a latitude and longitude of with an elevation of 1821 meters above sea level. It is the administrative center of Nejo woreda. Nejo is served by Nejjo Airport and is 150 km east of Asosa Airport.

In his travel book, ''In Search of King Solomon's Mines, Tahir Shah described Nejo in the late 20th century as a town with "a muddy main street", lined with "buildings with corrugated iron roofs and cement walls". He stops in a bar where "kerosene and sawdust had been sprinkled on the floor to keep away the flies."

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

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