Areka

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Areka

Elevation1737 m

Land area14.87 km²

Coordinates7.07°, 37.71°

Demographic figures from Ethiopian Statistical Service. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

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Overview

Areka is a city in southern Ethiopia. Located in some 300 kilo meters southwest of the capital, Addis Ababa. This city has a latitude and longitude of 7°04′N 37°41′E and an elevation of 1774 meters above sea level. It is the administrative center of Boloso Sore district.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

A

Atnafu Teklewold

former governor of National Bank of Ethiopia (1998-6 February 2020). Currently, serving as chair person of Commercial Bank of Ethiopia since February 2020

Firew Altaye

Ethiopian politician

P

Petros Woldemariam

Ethiopian Politician

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

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