Goba
Goba
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Post Code | 4540 |
Area code | (+251) 22 |
Climate | Cwb |
Goba (
The town is known for its Wednesday
Ethiopian Airlines has a scheduled flight four times a week connecting Goba to the capital Addis Ababa and to the southern city Arba Minch.
History
Goba was the capital of the former
According to the third edition of the Lonely Planet guide to Ethiopia, "Goba is in a state of decline and Ethiopian Airlines has even cancelled its flights here."[6]
Starting from 1 September 2014, Ethiopian Airlines has announced a scheduled service four time per week to Robe Airport connecting Goba to Addis Ababa and Arba Minch.[7]
Demographics
The 2007 national census reported a total population for Goba of 32,025, of whom 15,182 were men and 16,843 were women; 4,797 or 6.13% of its population were urban dwellers. The majority of the inhabitants said they practiced
The 1994 national census reported this town had a total population of 28,358 of whom 13,155 were men and 15,203 were women.
Climate
Owing to its very high altitude, Goba has a
Climate data for Goba | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 23.3 (73.9) |
23.6 (74.5) |
23.8 (74.8) |
22.6 (72.7) |
23.1 (73.6) |
23.6 (74.5) |
22.5 (72.5) |
22.0 (71.6) |
22.0 (71.6) |
21.3 (70.3) |
21.4 (70.5) |
22.5 (72.5) |
22.6 (72.8) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 7.1 (44.8) |
7.5 (45.5) |
8.7 (47.7) |
9.7 (49.5) |
9.5 (49.1) |
9.4 (48.9) |
9.7 (49.5) |
9.7 (49.5) |
9.6 (49.3) |
8.7 (47.7) |
6.8 (44.2) |
6.5 (43.7) |
8.6 (47.5) |
Average rainfall mm (inches) | 38 (1.5) |
55 (2.2) |
101 (4.0) |
162 (6.4) |
150 (5.9) |
109 (4.3) |
151 (5.9) |
187 (7.4) |
149 (5.9) |
110 (4.3) |
44 (1.7) |
16 (0.6) |
1,272 (50.1) |
Source: Climate-Data.org, altitude: 2,427 metres or 7,963 feet[9] |
References
- ^ Camerapix, Spectrum Guide to Ethiopia (Brooklyn: Interlink, 2000), p. 154
- ^ Arnold Hodson, "Southern Abyssinia", Geographical Journal, 53 (1919), p. 73
- ^ a b "Local History of Ethiopia" The Nordic Africa Institute website (accessed 22 April 2022)
- ^ Gebru Tareke, Ethiopia: Power and Protest: Peasant Revolts in the Twentieth Century (Lawrenceville: Red Sea, 1996), p. 145
- ^ Gebru Tareke, Ethiopia, p. 158
- ^ Matt Philips and Jean-Bernard Carillet, Ethiopia and Eritrea, third edition (n.p.: Lonely Planet, 2006), p. 190
- ^ Ethiopian Airlines, [1], Accessed 02/09/14
- ^ 2007 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia: Results for Oromia Region, Vol. 1 Archived 13 November 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Tables 2.1, 2.5, 3.4 (accessed 13 January 2012)
- ^ "Climate: Goba – Climate graph, Temperature graph, Climate table". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 5 September 2018.