Agaro

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title: "Agaro" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["populated-places-in-the-oromia", "cities-and-towns-in-ethiopia"] description: "Town in Oromia Region, Ethiopia" topic_path: "geography" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agaro" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Town in Oromia Region, Ethiopia ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox settlement"]

Field	Value
official_name	Agaro
native_name	Aggaaroo
settlement_type	Town
dot_x
pushpin_map	Ethiopia
pushpin_label_position	right
pushpin_map_caption	Location within Ethiopia
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Ethiopia
subdivision_type1	Region
subdivision_name1	Oromia
subdivision_type2	Zone
subdivision_name2	Jimma Zone
leader_title1
unit_pref
area_total_km2
area_land_km2
population_as_of	2024
population_total	25,458
timezone	EAT
utc_offset	+3
coordinates
elevation_footnotes
elevation_m	1560
blank_name	Climate
blank_info	Aw
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Overview

The road that originally connected Jimma to Agaro was "better known for its depth than for its length" until improvements were completed in 1962. The road to Bedele, 96 km long, was completed in 1968 at a cost of 12 million dollars (Ethiopian), by the French company Razel Frères. Agaro is one of the most important trading centers of coffee in Ethiopia. The Agaro Institute of Public Health (part of Agaro University) operates a teaching center for health care in Agaro.

Agaro was the capital of the former Kingdom of Gomma, until Gomma was conquered by Dejazmach Bashah Aboye in 1886. By 1958, the settlement was one of 27 places in Ethiopia ranked as a First Class Township. Fitawrari Gebre Kristos, started coffee plantations in the 1950s on land he inherited from his grandfather Fitawrari Wossen. Fitawrari Besha could employ up to 400 workers during high harvest season. After the Ethiopian revolution, Gebre Kristos abandoned his plantation and retired to Addis Ababa; his plantation was nationalized by the Land Nationalization Proclamation of March 1975.

In term of school and education the town have some elementary, senior, secondary and preparatory schools. Agaro secondary and preparatory school is one of the oldest secondary and preparatory school in the town.

Demographics

The 2007 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 25,458, of whom 12,946 were men and 12,512 were women. The majority of the inhabitants were Muslim, with 60.7% of the population reporting they observed this belief, while 33.76% of the population said they practised Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, and 5.04% were Protestant.

The 1994 census reported this town had a total population of 23,246 of whom 11,687 were men and 11,559 were women.

Notes

References

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3. [http://130.238.24.99/library/resources/dossiers/local_history_of_ethiopia/A/ORTAC.pdf "Local History in Ethiopia"]{{dead link. (October 2016)
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