Kula, Ethiopia
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Kula is a town in southeastern Ethiopia
. Located in the Arsi Zone
of the Oromia Region
, it has a latitude and longitude of 07°58′N 39°42′E with an elevation of 2842 meters above sea level. The town is the administrative center of Sude
woreda
; according to materials on the Nordic Africa Institute website, it had been the administrative center at least as early as the 1980s.
According to the Oromia Regional government, this town currently has no telephone or postal service, as well as no electricity. Communications are limited to radio communications. A veterinary clinic is reportedly under construction.
Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency
in 2005, Kula has an estimated total population of 2,648 of whom 1,278 were males and 1,370 were females.
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 Arsi Zone
Arsi Zone
Arsi is one of the 12 zones of the Oromia Region in Ethiopia. Arsi is also the name of a former province. Both the Zone and the former province are named after a subgroup of the Oromo, who inhabit both...
of the Oromia Region
Oromia Region
Oromia is one of the nine ethnic divisions of Ethiopia...
, it has a latitude and longitude of 07°58′N 39°42′E with an elevation of 2842 meters above sea level. The town is the administrative center of Sude
Sude
Sude is one of the 180 woredas in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Arsi Zone, Sude is bordered on the south by Robe, on the southwest by Tena, on the west by Dodotana Sire, on the northwest by Jeju, on the north by Merti, on the northeast by Chole and on the southeast by Amigna...
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...
; according to materials on the Nordic Africa Institute website, it had been the administrative center at least as early as the 1980s.
According to the Oromia Regional government, this town currently has no telephone or postal service, as well as no electricity. Communications are limited to radio communications. A veterinary clinic is reportedly under construction.
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, Kula has an estimated total population of 2,648 of whom 1,278 were males and 1,370 were females.