Guduru, Ethiopia
Guduru (also known as Kombolcha or Kombosha) is a town in south-western Ethiopia. Located in the Horo Gudru Welega Zone of the Oromia Region, this town has a latitude and longitude of 09°32′N 37°30′E and an elevation of 1969 meters above sea level. It is the administrative center of Guduru woreda.
Guduru | |
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Guduru Location in Ethiopia | |
| Coordinates: 09°32′N 37°30′E | |
| Country | Ethiopia |
| Region | Oromia |
| Zone | Horo Guduru Welega Zone |
| Elevation | 1,969 m (6,460 ft) |
| Population (2005) | |
| • Total | 4,557 |
The British traveller C.F. Rey passed through Gudru (which he called "Kombolcha") in December 1926, which he described as a "township" which covered a considerable area with a "straggle" of farmsteads consisting of a tukul and "a largish piece of ground belonging to it, which may or may not be enclosed by a rough fence."
Records at the Nordic Africa Institute website provide details of a primary school in Guduru in 1968, and also mention the presence of a fort and a church.