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About Bedelē
Bedele (also called Buno Bedele) is a town and separate Aanaa in south-western Ethiopia. Located in the Buno Bedele Zone of the Oromia Region, this town has a longitude and latitude of 8°27′N 36°21′E and an elevation between 2,012–2,162 metres (6,601–7,093 ft) above sea level.
From the Wikipedia article Bedele (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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History
Ras Tessema Nadew made his capital near Bedele in the early 1900s. Henry Savage Landor passed through the town in 1906. The map attached to C. W. Gwynn's account of his 1908/09 triangulation survey of southern Ethiopia shows that Bedele had a telegraph station, connected by way of Gore. The Buno Bedele Health Center was built in 1966 with a majority of Swedish donations.
The road connecting Bedele to Agaro, 96 kilometres (60 mi) long, was completed in 1968 at a cost of 12 million dollars (Ethiopian), by the French company Razel Frères. Construction on a road to Metu began around 1970.
In February 2009, Regional President Abadula Gemeda laid the cornerstone for a new cultural center in Bedele. At the same time, he officially opened the new technical and vocational college in the town.
From the History section of Bedele on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Getting there and nearby towns
Nekemte Airport (NEK) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 70 km away.
- Nek’emtē 73 km north, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Āgaro 75 km southeast, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Suntu 77 km southeast, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Metu 86 km west, about 1 h 30 min by car
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