Goro, Bale (Ethiopia)
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Goro is a town in southern Ethiopia
Ethiopia
Ethiopia , officially known as the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. It is the second-most populous nation in Africa, with over 82 million inhabitants, and the tenth-largest by area, occupying 1,100,000 km2...

. Located in the Bale Zone
Bale Zone
Bale is one of the 17 zones in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia. Bale is named for the former kingdom of Bale, which was in approximately the same area...

 of the Oromia Region
Oromia Region
Oromia is one of the nine ethnic divisions of Ethiopia...

, this town has a longitude and latitude of 6°59′N 40°30′E and an elevation of 1650 meters above sea level. It is the administrative center of Goro
Goro, Oromia (woreda)
Goro is one of the 180 woredas in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia. It shares the same name as the administrative center of the woreda, Goro...

 woreda
Woreda
Woreda is an administrative division of Ethiopia , equivalent to a district . Woredas are composed of a number of Kebele, or neighborhood associations, which are the smallest unit of local government in Ethiopia...

.

Although the town has postal service, as of 1995 it lacks electricity. Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency
Central Statistical Agency (Ethiopia)
The Central Statistical Agency is an agency of the government of Ethiopia designated to provide all surveys and censuses for that country used to monitor economic and social growth, as well as to act as an official training center in that field. It is part of the Ethiopian Ministry of Finance and...

 in 2005, Goro has an estimated total population of 7833, of whom 3935 were males and 3898 were females.

The Guido published by the Italian government in 1938 describes Goro as a village on the left bank of the Mena River
Mena River
The Mena is a river of eastern Ethiopia. It is a tributary of the Ganale Dorya....

 at the foot of mount Dadimus, in a fertile and cultivated plain with plenty of water and groups of houses surrounded by hedges of euphorbia.
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