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Chitu
Oromiatown
Demographic figures from Ethiopian Statistical Service. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Overview
Chitu sits in Oromia, Ethiopia and is identified as a town. Chitu maps to 8.608°, 37.924° — squarely within the equatorial belt. No reliable population estimate is published for this entry in the open data we rely on. Based on its equatorial position, residents likely encounter hot and humid year-round with little seasonal temperature variation. The location receives about 2,110 kWh/m² of solar irradiance per year and sunshine for roughly 83% of daylight hours. Further detail — demographics, climate, nearby amenities and natural-hazard data — is compiled below from public open-data sources.
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History & geography
Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
Air quality
Walkability
Amenities nearby
Wildlife & biodiversity
Most-observed species
- rock hyraxHeterohyrax brucei (Gray, 1868) · Mammalia23
- Hadada IbisBostrychia hagedash (Latham, 1790) · Aves14
- vervet monkeyChlorocebus aethiops (Linnaeus, 1758) · Mammalia13
- mantled guerezaColobus guereza Rüppell, 1835 · Mammalia11
- Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus (Desfontaines, 1789) · Aves10
- Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquata (Rüppell, 1837) · Aves10
- Double-toothed BarbetLybius bidentatus (Shaw, 1799) · Aves9
- Ethiopian Black-headed OrioleOriolus monacha (Gmelin, 1789) · Aves9
Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
Earthquake history
Most recent
- M 4.2 — 2015-03-31Ethiopia
Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).
Photos
Sights & places nearby
Notable people from here



People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
Nearby airports
Public attention
Books about this place
Recent natural events nearby
Ground air-quality sensors
Recently spotted species
Events
Gallery
Sources
- • Wikidata
- • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
- • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org