Kersa, Ethiopia
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Kersa is a town in southeastern Ethiopia
. Located in the Arsi Zone
of the Oromia Region
, this town has a latitude and longitude of 07°32′N 38°59′E with an elevation of 2784 meters above sea level. It is the administrative center of Munesa
woreda
.
According to the Oromia Regional government, this town currently has telephone and postal service, and is supplied with electricity for four hours a day. Records at the Nordic Africa Institute website provide details of a primary school in Kersa in the year 1968, and a clinic operated by the Lutheran Church in 1992.
Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency
in 2005, Kersa has an estimated total population of 9,038 of whom 4,377 are men and 4,661 are women. The 1994 national census reported this town had a total population of 5,059 of whom 2,374 were men and 2,685 were women.
Ethiopia
Ethiopia , officially known as the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. It is the second-most populous nation in Africa, with over 82 million inhabitants, and the tenth-largest by area, occupying 1,100,000 km2...
. Located in the Arsi Zone
Arsi Zone
Arsi is one of the 12 zones of the Oromia Region in Ethiopia. Arsi is also the name of a former province. Both the Zone and the former province are named after a subgroup of the Oromo, who inhabit both...
of the Oromia Region
Oromia Region
Oromia is one of the nine ethnic divisions of Ethiopia...
, this town has a latitude and longitude of 07°32′N 38°59′E with an elevation of 2784 meters above sea level. It is the administrative center of Munesa
Munesa
Munesa is one of the 180 woredas in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Arsi Zone located in the Great Rift Valley, Munesa is bordered on the south by Kofele, on the west by the Mirab Shewa Zone and Lake Langano, on the northwest by Ziway Dugda, on the north by Tiyo, on the northeast by...
woreda
Woreda
Woreda is an administrative division of Ethiopia , equivalent to a district . Woredas are composed of a number of Kebele, or neighborhood associations, which are the smallest unit of local government in Ethiopia...
.
According to the Oromia Regional government, this town currently has telephone and postal service, and is supplied with electricity for four hours a day. Records at the Nordic Africa Institute website provide details of a primary school in Kersa in the year 1968, and a clinic operated by the Lutheran Church in 1992.
Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency
Central Statistical Agency (Ethiopia)
The Central Statistical Agency is an agency of the government of Ethiopia designated to provide all surveys and censuses for that country used to monitor economic and social growth, as well as to act as an official training center in that field. It is part of the Ethiopian Ministry of Finance and...
in 2005, Kersa has an estimated total population of 9,038 of whom 4,377 are men and 4,661 are women. The 1994 national census reported this town had a total population of 5,059 of whom 2,374 were men and 2,685 were women.