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Tarch’a Sodo, Ethiopia

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Tarch’a Sodo is a town of 24,300 people in South West Ethiopia Peoples' Region, Ethiopia.

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Population24,300 GeoNames
Local nameታርጫ
Elevation1,362 m 4,469 ft
Time zoneAfrica/Addis Ababa
Land area5.1 km²
Nearest airportJimma Airport (JIM) 69 km

About Tarch’a Sodo

Tarcha is town and separate district in southwestern Ethiopia. Tarcha serves as the seat of Dawro Zone of Southwestern Ethiopia Regional State.

From the Wikipedia article Tarcha (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Churches and places of worship2

Kidus Gebrel

Church · Ethiopian Orthodox · 1.3 km

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Kidus Teklehaimanot

Church · Ethiopian Orthodox · 1.2 km

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Map of Tarch’a Sodo

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Getting there and nearby towns

Jimma Airport (JIM) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 69 km away.

  • Waka 9 km south, about 9 min by car
  • Bombe 45 km east, about 45 min by car
  • Bale Hawassa 47 km southeast, about 47 min by car
  • Hadero 55 km east, about 55 min by car
  • Gununo 59 km southeast, about 59 min by car
  • Āreka 59 km east, about 59 min by car
  • Gīmbīcho 61 km northeast, about 1 h by car
  • Gasuba 65 km southeast, about 1 h by car
  • Jimma 69 km northwest, about 1 h 15 min by car
  • Sodo 73 km southeast, about 1 h 15 min by car

Drive times are estimates from straight-line distance, not routes.

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