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Finote Selam

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Country
  
Ethiopia

Zone
  
Mirab Gojjam Zone

Elevation
  
1,917 m

Population
  
105,913 (2007)

Region
  
Amhara Region

Time zone
  
EAT (UTC+3)

Local time
  
Sunday 5:33 AM

Finote Selam

Weather
  
16°C, Wind NE at 3 km/h, 58% Humidity

Finote Selam is a town and separate woreda in western Ethiopia. Located in the Mirab Gojjam Zone of the Amhara Region, this town has a longitude and latitude of 10°42′N 37°16′E with an elevation of 1917 meters above sea level. It is surrounded by Jabi Tehnan woreda.

Map of Finote Selam, Ethiopia

In 1964, a hospital for lepers had been built in Finote Selam by the private fund "Swedish Aid to Leprous Children in Ethiopia". Two years later, it had still not been put into use.

Based on the 2007 national census conducted by the Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia (CSA), this town has a total population of 25,913, of whom 13,035 are men and 12,878 women. The majority of the inhabitants practiced Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, with 95.91% reporting that as their religion, while 3.34% were Muslim. The 1994 census reported this town had a total population of 13,834 of whom 6,350 were males and 7,484 were females.

References

Finote Selam Wikipedia


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