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Gīdolē, Ethiopia
Gīdolē is a town of 35,500 people in South Ethiopia Regional State, Ethiopia.
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About Gīdolē
Gidole is a town in southern Ethiopia, and is the administrative center of the Dirashe special woreda. Located in the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples Region, it sits at a latitude and longitude of 05°39′N 37°22′E with an elevation ranging from 2045 to 2650 meters above sea level. The town Gidole is named after the Kitoola people with a little bit modification, an ethnic group inhabiting southern Ethiopia.
From the Wikipedia article Gidole (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
History
According to Oscar Rudolph Neumann, who visited the town in 1902, Gidole was the seat of the queen of the Kitoola until the Ethiopians under Menelik II conquered them; the woman was still alive at the time of Neumann's visit.
During the Italian occupation, the occupiers opened a post office in Gidole on either 11 or 17 November 1937; the sources are unclear about the exact date.
In the 1950s, Gidole was the administrative center of one of the provinces, Gamo Gofa Teqlay Gizat, which was later incorporated to create Gamo-Gofa province. During the next decade, Islam won converts in the area and a mosque was built in the town. At the same time, Borana caravans supplied the market in Gidole with salt.
From the History section of Gidole on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Getting there and nearby towns
Arba Minch Airport (AMH) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 50 km away.
- Arba Minch 47 km northeast, about 47 min by car
- Konso 46 km south, about 46 min by car
- Ch’ench’a 70 km north, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Jinka 79 km west, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Kele 88 km northeast, about 1 h 30 min by car
- Felege Neway 90 km northwest, about 1 h 30 min by car
- Bako 90 km west, about 1 h 30 min by car
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- GeoNames (CC BY 4.0): population, coordinates, regions and time zone
- OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0): places, airports, map data
- Wikidata (CC0 1.0): elevation, founding date, time zone, website
- Wikimedia Commons (see each image): photos
- Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): overview and history text
Photo credits
- Gidole, Dojamo Jote, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Farmer Keeping Watch (11533274124), David Stanley from Nanaimo, Canada, CC BY 2.0
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