Arsi Negele, Ethiopia
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Arsi Negele is a town of 98,100 people in Oromiya, Ethiopia.
Why visit Arsi Negele
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About Arsi Negele
Negele Arsi or Arsi Negele, is a city in southeastern Ethiopia. Located in the West Arsi Zone of the Oromia Region on the paved highway north of Shashamane, this town has a longitude and latitude of 7°21′N 38°42′E and an elevation of 2,043 meters above sea level. It is the administrative center of Arsi Negele District.
From the Wikipedia article Negele Arsi (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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History
Negele Arsi has had electrical power since the 1950s, as well as telephone and postal service by 1967. The town's economic catchment extends beyond the woreda, attracting peasants from Shashamene woreda who trade cereal and potatoes for cattle and seeds at the weekly market, which is held each Monday.
Prince Sahle Selassie was a very substantial landowner around Negele Arsi. By the early 1970s, half of Arsi Negele District was owned by his descendants. The town was used as a mobilization point for units of the regular army during 1971, whence they responded to the disorders that followed evictions when landowners mechanised farms.
Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, Negele Arsi has an estimated total population of 42,054, of whom 21,120 are men and 20,934 are women. According to the 1994 national census, the town had a population of 23,512, of whom 11,425 were men and 12,058 were women.
From the History section of Negele Arsi on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Map of Arsi Negele
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Getting there and nearby towns
Hawassa Airport (AWA) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 41 km away.
- Kuyera 7 km southwest, about 7 min by car
- Shashamane 19 km southwest, about 19 min by car
- Kofelē 34 km south, about 34 min by car
- Awasa 39 km southwest, about 39 min by car
- Leku 59 km southwest, about 59 min by car
- Ziway 65 km north, about 1 h by car
- Āsasa 65 km southeast, about 1 h by car
- K’olīto 65 km west, about 1 h by car
- Bek’ojī 66 km east, about 1 h by car
- Dodola 70 km southeast, about 1 h 15 min by car
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