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Gelemso
Oromiatown
Demographic figures from Ethiopian Statistical Service. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Overview
Galamso, is a town in West Haraghe of Oromia Region, Ethiopia, Gelemso is located in eastern Ethiopian and is far from country capital by 301 km and second way 413 km in the western periphery of the highly networked mountain chain referred to by the natives as Fugug and by geographers as the Ahmar Mountains. Most people say that it is the city of love locally [Biyyaa Jaalala]. Gelemso on 2013 EC became separate woreda in the West Hararghe Zone of the Oromia Regional State, it has a latitude and longitude of 8°49′N 40°31′E. Gelemso is the origin of a variety of Jimaa called by the same name (Gelemso).
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Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
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Amenities nearby
Wildlife & biodiversity
Most-observed species
- greater kuduTragelaphus strepsiceros (Pallas, 1766) · Mammalia1
Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
Earthquake history
Most recent
- M 4.6 — 2026-08-0919 km ESE of Metahāra, Ethiopia
- M 4.4 — 2026-07-2114 km NW of Āwash, Ethiopia
- M 4.4 — 2026-07-0710 km SE of Āwash, Ethiopia
- M 4.5 — 2026-05-229 km NE of Metahāra, Ethiopia
- M 4.3 — 2026-05-1011 km N of Metahāra, Ethiopia
- M 4.3 — 2026-04-0112 km NNE of Metahāra, Ethiopia
Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).
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Notable people from here
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
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Recently spotted species
Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).
Events
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Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Wikidata
- • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
- • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
- • iNaturalist
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
