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Shakiso
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- Locality
- Shakiso
- Region
- ኦሮሚያ ክልል Oromia أوروميا
- Country
- ኢትዮጵያ
- Population
- 47,500
- Timezone
- Africa/Addis_Ababa
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- Instance of
- city
- Country
- Ethiopia
- Located in
- Guji Zone
- Elevation
- 1758
- Capital of
- Odo Shakiso
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- P12749
- Ruswil
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Encyclopedic overview
3 sectionsContents
- History
- Demographics
- Notes
Shakiso is a town in Oromia Region, Ethiopia. Located in the Guji Zone of the Oromia Region, this town has a latitude and longitude of and an elevation of 1758 meters above sea level.
Two of the major mines of Ethiopia are located near Shakiso: the Lega Dembi gold and the Kenticha tantalum mines. The Lega Dembi Mine was acquired by MIDROC gold, which between 1998 and 2008 extracted 34 metric tons from the mines, earning 466 million dollars. However, MIDROC has announced in 2009 that the deposits at Lega Dembi are almost exhausted. Shakiso is served by an airport (ICAO code HASK, IATA SKR).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Shakiso” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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