Boditi (Bodītī)
Boditi (Amharic: ቦዲቲ) is city in southern Ethiopia. Located in the Wolaita Zone of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples Region, this town has a latitude and longitude of 6.96667°N, 37.86667°W with an average elevation of 2050 meters above sea level. It is the administrative center of Damot Gale woreda. The town is bounded by Shasha-Gale Kebele in the north, Ade-Koisha Kebele in the south, Chawkare Kebele in the east and Sibaye-Korke kebele in the west. It is located in East Rift valley at a distance of 370 km to the south of Addis Ababa and at about 140 km to the west of Hawassa.
As of 2006 permanent postal service is available, as well as electricity and telephone service, more colleges and higher educational Institutions are currently being developed as more number of school aged kids are increasing. The map attached to C. W. Gwynn's account of his 1908/09 triangulation survey of southern Ethiopia shows Boditi, with the note that it had a market. During the early 1930s, the market was held on Tuesdays and was very important. In 1969, a group of Swedish architectural students surveyed Boditi, and presented their findings to the University of Lund.
The 1994 national census reported this town had a total population of 13,400 of whom 6,479 were men and 6,921 were women. Boditi is one of densely populated areas in Southern Nations Nationalities and Peoples Region. Total population of the town as conducted by central statistical agency of Ethiopia in 2020 is 61,983. Among these Males count 30,092 and Females count 31,891.
As of 2006 permanent postal service is available, as well as electricity and telephone service, more colleges and higher educational Institutions are currently being developed as more number of school aged kids are increasing. The map attached to C. W. Gwynn's account of his 1908/09 triangulation survey of southern Ethiopia shows Boditi, with the note that it had a market. During the early 1930s, the market was held on Tuesdays and was very important. In 1969, a group of Swedish architectural students surveyed Boditi, and presented their findings to the University of Lund.
The 1994 national census reported this town had a total population of 13,400 of whom 6,479 were men and 6,921 were women. Boditi is one of densely populated areas in Southern Nations Nationalities and Peoples Region. Total population of the town as conducted by central statistical agency of Ethiopia in 2020 is 61,983. Among these Males count 30,092 and Females count 31,891.
Map - Boditi (Bodītī)
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Country - Ethiopia
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Anatomically modern humans emerged from modern-day Ethiopia and set out to the Near East and elsewhere in the Middle Paleolithic period. Southwestern Ethiopia has been proposed as a possible homeland of the Afroasiatic language family. In 980 BCE, the Kingdom of D'mt extended its realm over Eritrea and the northern region of Ethiopia, while the Kingdom of Aksum maintained a unified civilization in the region for 900 years. Christianity was embraced by the kingdom in 330, and Islam arrived by the first Hijra in 615. After the collapse of Aksum in 960, a variety of kingdoms, largely tribal confederations, existed in the land of Ethiopia. The Zagwe dynasty ruled the north-central parts until being overthrown by Yekuno Amlak in 1270, inaugurating the Ethiopian Empire and the Solomonic dynasty, claimed descent from the biblical Solomon and Queen of Sheba under their son Menelik I. By the 14th century, the empire grew in prestige through territorial expansion and fighting against adjacent territories; most notably, the Ethiopian–Adal War (1529–1543) contributed to fragmentation of the empire, which ultimately fell under a decentralization known as Zemene Mesafint in the mid-18th century. Emperor Tewodros II ended Zemene Mesafint at the beginning of his reign in 1855, marking the reunification and modernization of Ethiopia.
Currency / Language
ISO | Currency | Symbol | Significant figures |
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ETB | Ethiopian birr | Br | 2 |
ISO | Language |
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AM | Amharic language |
EN | English language |
OM | Oromo language |
SO | Somali language |
TI | Tigrinya language |