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Gimbi (ጊምቢ) is a town in western Oromia Region, Ethiopia. Located in the West Welega Zone, it has a latitude and longitude of 9°10′N 35°50′E / 9.167°N 35.833°E with an elevation between 1845 and 1930 meters above sea level. It is the administrative center of Gimbi woreda. The area gets an average of about 1,500 millimeters of rainfall each year, with places like Gimbi receiving over 2,800 millimeters annually. This region is one of the wettest in Ethiopia, only having two to four dry months per year. The rainfall is higher in the mountains, as the terrain there traps more moisture, while the lowlands get less rain.
Gimbi has had telephone service from some point between 1954 and 1967. Iron had traditionally been produced in the area. A North Korean team of specialists investigated the deposits in the mid-1980s.
After crossing the Ghibe River, Dadhi told his sons, "Leqa, you are my eldest son, so take your horses and cattle to the land on your right. Sayo, you are my second son, so head to the highlands ahead. Tumme, you are my third son, so go to the land on your left."
Leqa went to Neqemte and then moved on to the Ghidami area. Sayo headed to Gimbi and eventually settled in the area we live in today, which is why Dembidollo used to be called 'Sayo.' Tumme moved to Gore and then to Illubabor.
The conquest of Wallaga, including the areas of Sibu and Leeqa, started in 1888-1889 under the leadership of Kumsa Moroda. After his death, his son, Habta Mariam, took over and continued the efforts to govern the newly conquered lands. Habta Mariam appointed family members to oversee regions like Gimbi, Aira, Guliso, Calia, Najo, and Mandi.[citation needed]
According to d’Abbadie, Gimbi was named after a king. It first appeared on the 1903 map by Hughes Leroux as Mount G. The town was likely founded in the 1910s and initially served as a gébbi (administrative center) for the local Oromo Leeqaa under the rule of Gäbrä Égziýabéher Moroda.
An Ethiopian Orthodox church was built in Gimbi around 1895. By the 1930s, Gimbi was one of the most important markets of Welega Province and a meeting point of roads. The extension of the main road to Nekemte had not yet reached as far as Gimbi by 1935.
A school for the blind was opened in Gimbi by the Western Synod of the Mekane Yesus Church in 1971. However, by 1981 all Evangelical churches in the neighboring region were closed, except the one in the town itself.
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Gimbi
Gimbi (ጊምቢ) is a town in western Oromia Region, Ethiopia. Located in the West Welega Zone, it has a latitude and longitude of 9°10′N 35°50′E / 9.167°N 35.833°E with an elevation between 1845 and 1930 meters above sea level. It is the administrative center of Gimbi woreda. The area gets an average of about 1,500 millimeters of rainfall each year, with places like Gimbi receiving over 2,800 millimeters annually. This region is one of the wettest in Ethiopia, only having two to four dry months per year. The rainfall is higher in the mountains, as the terrain there traps more moisture, while the lowlands get less rain.
Gimbi has had telephone service from some point between 1954 and 1967. Iron had traditionally been produced in the area. A North Korean team of specialists investigated the deposits in the mid-1980s.
After crossing the Ghibe River, Dadhi told his sons, "Leqa, you are my eldest son, so take your horses and cattle to the land on your right. Sayo, you are my second son, so head to the highlands ahead. Tumme, you are my third son, so go to the land on your left."
Leqa went to Neqemte and then moved on to the Ghidami area. Sayo headed to Gimbi and eventually settled in the area we live in today, which is why Dembidollo used to be called 'Sayo.' Tumme moved to Gore and then to Illubabor.
The conquest of Wallaga, including the areas of Sibu and Leeqa, started in 1888-1889 under the leadership of Kumsa Moroda. After his death, his son, Habta Mariam, took over and continued the efforts to govern the newly conquered lands. Habta Mariam appointed family members to oversee regions like Gimbi, Aira, Guliso, Calia, Najo, and Mandi.[citation needed]
According to d’Abbadie, Gimbi was named after a king. It first appeared on the 1903 map by Hughes Leroux as Mount G. The town was likely founded in the 1910s and initially served as a gébbi (administrative center) for the local Oromo Leeqaa under the rule of Gäbrä Égziýabéher Moroda.
An Ethiopian Orthodox church was built in Gimbi around 1895. By the 1930s, Gimbi was one of the most important markets of Welega Province and a meeting point of roads. The extension of the main road to Nekemte had not yet reached as far as Gimbi by 1935.
A school for the blind was opened in Gimbi by the Western Synod of the Mekane Yesus Church in 1971. However, by 1981 all Evangelical churches in the neighboring region were closed, except the one in the town itself.