Gatama

Place in Oromia, Ethiopia

Gatama

Gatama

Location within Ethiopia

Coordinates: 8°54′N 36°29′E﻿ / ﻿8.900°N 36.483°E﻿ / 8.900; 36.483
Country|  Ethiopia
Region| Oromia
Zone| Misraq Welega
Elevation

| 2,142 m (7,028 ft)
Population

(2005)

• Total

| 4,082
Time zone| UTC+3 (EAT)

Gatama (also transliterated Getema, Catama Argio) is a town in western Ethiopia. Located in the Misraq Welega Zone of the Oromia Region, it has a latitude and longitude of 08°54′N 36°29′E﻿ / ﻿8.900°N 36.483°E﻿ / 8.900; 36.483 with an elevation of 2,142 meters above sea level. It is the administrative center of Diga Leka woreda.

## Overview

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This town was reported in 1997 to have telephone and postal service. Electricity is provided to Gatama from a diesel generator, which was reported as undependable.[1]

Records at the Nordic Africa Institute website provide details of a primary school at Gatama in 1968.[2]

Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, Gatama has an estimated total population of 4,082 of whom 1,969 were males and 2,113 were females.[3] The 1994 census reported this town had a total population of 2,285 of whom 1,068 were males and 1,217 were females.Gatama

## Notes

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1. ^ Socio-economic profile of the East Wellega Zone Government of Oromia Region (last accessed 22 May 2008).
2. ^ "Local History in Ethiopia"[permanent dead link‍] The Nordic Africa Institute website (accessed 12 January 2008)
3. ^ CSA 2005 National Statistics Archived November 23, 2006, at the Wayback Machine, Table B.4