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Welkite
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Demographic figures from Ethiopian Statistical Service. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
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Overview
Welkite is a town and separate woreda in south-western Ethiopia. The second administrative center of the Central Ethiopia Regional State, and Gurage Zone. The town has a latitude and longitude of 8°17′N 37°47′E and an elevation between 1910 and 1935 meters above sea level. According to the government, Welkite is one of 12 towns with electrical power, one of 11 with telephone service and one of nine that have postal service. The SNNPR's Bureau of Finance and Economic Development, adds that as of 2003 Welkite also had a bank branch and other financial institutions, as well as a hospital. An all-weather road was built in 1963 which connects Welkite to Addis Ababa by way of Endibir.
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Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
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Walkability
Amenities nearby
Wildlife & biodiversity
Most-observed species
- Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquata (Rüppell, 1837) · Aves5
- Red-cheeked CordonbleuUraeginthus bengalus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves3
- Long-crested EagleLophaetus occipitalis (Daudin, 1800) · Aves2
- Village IndigobirdVidua chalybeata (Statius Muller, 1776) · Aves2
- Sahel Bush SparrowGymnoris dentata (Sundevall, 1850) · Aves2
- Brown-rumped SeedeaterCrithagra tristriata (Rüppell, 1840) · Aves2
- Abyssinian ThrushTurdus abyssinicus Gmelin, 1789 · Aves2
- western honey beeApis mellifera Linnaeus, 1758 · Insecta1
Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
Earthquake history
Most recent
- M 4.2 — 2015-03-31Ethiopia
- M 4.4 — 2011-10-17Ethiopia
- M 5.1 — 2010-12-193 km SSW of Hosa’ina, 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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Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Wikidata
- • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
- • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API