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Nejo
Oromiya, Ethiopia · Africa
About Nejo
Nejo sits on the route: 1 hours from Gimbi.
Nejo is in Oromiya, Ethiopia, with about 39,000 people. The nearest town is Gimbi, about 52 km away.
Nedjo (also transliterated Nejjoo) is a town in western Ethiopia. Located in the West Welega Zone of the Oromia Region, this town has a latitude and longitude of 9°30′N 35°30′E with an elevation of 1821 meters above sea level. It is the administrative center of Nejo woreda. Nejo is served by Nejjo Airport and is 150Read more
km east of Asosa Airport.
In his travel book, In Search of King Solomon's Mines, Tahir Shah described Nejo in the late 20th century as a town with "a muddy main street", lined with "buildings with corrugated iron roofs and cement walls". He stops in a bar where "kerosene and sawdust had been sprinkled on the floor to keep away the flies."
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Nejo is in Oromiya, Ethiopia, about 52 km from Gimbi.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 39,400
- Continent
- Africa
- Country
- Ethiopia
- Region
- Oromiya
- Timezone
- Africa/Addis_Ababa
- Coordinates
- 9.5000, 35.5000
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