Irgachefe

6.166666666666738.2Koordinaten: 6 ° 10 ' N, 38 ° 12'

Yirgacheffe ( alternative spellings Yirga Boss, Irgachefe, Yergacheffe; former name Finchoa or Finchawa ) is a city in southwestern Ethiopia. It is located east of the Abayasees and Nechisar National Park and is the capital of the woreda Yirgacheffe within the Gedeo Zone in the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Region. 2005, Yirgacheffe according to the Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia 20,979 inhabitants.

By 1967, the population stood at 4,094, in 1984 it was about 8,300. In 1994, Yirgacheffe 11,579 inhabitants, of which 23.13 % Amhara, Oromo 23.09 %, 16.27 % Soddo - Gurage, 13.61 % Gedeo, 7.94% Silt'e, 7.72% Sebat Bet Gurage - and 1.74 % were Welaytta. 63.07 % spoke Amharic as their mother language, 11.59 % Gedeo, 11.52 % Oromo, 5.17% Soddo, 3.31% and 2.86 % Silt'e Gurage.

International Yirgacheffe is known primarily for the coffee, which is grown in the area.

Swell

  • Central Statistical Agency: 2005 National Statistics, Section -B population, Table B.4 (PDF, 1.8 MB)
  • CSA: The 1994 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia: Results for Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples' Region, Volume I: Part I. Statistical Report on Population Size and Charateristics (PDF, 87.4 MB ), 1996 (p. 155, 197)
  • Local History in Ethiopia (PDF)
  • Place in the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Region
  • Place in Africa
Districts of Ethiopia Gedeo-Zone Amhara people Gurage people
832810
de