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Seru

Oromiatown

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Elevation2204 m
Coordinates7.68°, 40.20°

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City facts

Elevation
2204 m

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Overview

Seru is a town in south-eastern Ethiopia. Seru is the capital of one of the 22 districts of the Arsi Zone of the Oromia Region. Seru has a latitude and longitude of 07°40′N 40°12′E with an elevation of 2,302 meters (7,552 ft) above sea level. It is the administrative center of Seru woreda. It is bordered by Amigna district in the north and northwest, Robe district in west and southwest, Bale Zone in the south and southeast and west Hararghe in the east. Having a total area of 2,412 square kilometres (931 sq mi), it is the largest district from the zone (11.48%). Seru district has 32 peasant association of which two are urban administrative units. Seru Abas town is the capital of the district, located at 297 kilometres (185 mi) from Finfine and 172 km from zonal capital, Asella town.

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History & geography

Geography

Latitude
7.6756
Longitude
40.2014
Water area
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Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Climate

Air quality

Walkability

Amenities nearby

Wildlife & biodiversity

Earthquake history

Quakes ≥ 2.5 (25 yrs, 62 mi)
17
Largest magnitude
4.9
Largest event
2025-01-04

Most recent

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

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Geography & sun

Avg solar (kWh/m²/day)
6.08
Annual solar (kWh/m²)
2,217

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

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Public attention

Wikipedia views (last 30 days)
54
Avg daily Wikipedia views
2
Attention level
Obscure

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

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Events

Sources

  • Wikipedia
  • Wikidata
  • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
  • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
  • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
  • Wikipedia Pageviews API