Endibir

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title: "Endibir" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["central-ethiopia-regional-state", "populated-places-in-the-southern-nations,-nationalities,-and-peoples'-region"] topic_path: "general/central-ethiopia-regional-state" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endibir" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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Field	Value
official_name	Emdibir
native_name	እምድብር (Amharic)
other_name	Berro, Gottam Gebya
pushpin_map	Ethiopia
pushpin_label_position	right
pushpin_map_caption	Location within Ethiopia
coordinates
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Ethiopia
subdivision_type1	Region
subdivision_type2	Zone
subdivision_name1	Central Ethiopia Regional State
subdivision_name2	Gurage
established_title2
established_title3
leader_title1
unit_pref
area_total_km2
area_land_km2
elevation_footnotes
elevation_m	2130
population_total	4,057
population_as_of	2005
postal_code_type
timezone	EAT
utc_offset	+3
blank_name	Climate
blank_info	Cwb
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|elevation_m = 2130 |elevation_ft = |population_total = 4,057 |population_as_of = 2005 |population_footnotes = |population_density_km2 = |population_density_sq_mi = |population_urban = |population_density_urban_km2 = |population_density_urban_sq_mi = |population_metro = |population_density_metro_km2 = |population_density_metro_sq_mi = |population_blank1_title = |population_blank1 = |population_density_blank1_km2 = |population_density_blank1_sq_mi = |population_note = |postal_code_type =
|postal_code = |area_code = |website = |footnotes = |city_logo = |citylogo_size = |image_dot_map = |dot_mapsize = |dot_map_caption = |dot_x = |dot_y = |leader_title2 = |leader_name2 = |leader_title3 = |leader_name3 = |leader_title4 = |leader_name4 = |timezone = EAT |utc_offset = +3 |timezone_DST = |utc_offset_DST = |blank_name = Climate |blank_info = Cwb |blank1_name = |blank1_info = Emdibir is a town south-west of Addis Ababa, in the central part of Ethiopia. Located in the Gurage Zone of the Central Ethiopia Regional State (formerly, Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples' Region), this town has a latitude and longitude of and an elevation between 2130 and 2164 meters above sea level. It is the administrative center of Cheha woreda.

According to the Gurage Zone local government, Emdibir is one of 12 towns with electrical power, one of 11 with telephone service and one of nine that have postal service. An all-weather road was built in 1963 by the Gurage Road Association, which connected Emdibir to Addis Ababa through Welkite and Hosaena.

The seat of the Ethiopian Catholic Eparchy of Emdeber is located in this town.

History

In the early 1930s there was a Catholic mission of the Capuchins, usually with a Père and a Frère; they did some medical work and had a school. During the Italian occupation the mission was renamed "Missione della Consolata". The Emdibir market was held every Friday.

In 1984 drought affected almost every household in Emdibir: there was no rain, and the enset in many households was affected by a plant disease known as chire. Although it was insufficient, the community received aid in the form of clothes, maize, milk, butter and oil from the Catholic Relief Service, as well as some of the richer farmers in the area.

Demographics

Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, Emdibir has an estimated total population of 4,057 of whom 1,992 are men and 2,065 are women. The 1994 national census reported this town had a total population of 2,239 of whom 1,103 were men and 1,136 were women.

References

References

2. [http://www.guragezone.gov.et/Development/Summary%20of%20socio%20economic%20profile%20english.pdf Gurage Zone Socio-Economic Profile] {{webarchive. link. (2007-10-07 Gurage Zone Government web page (accessed 5 July 2009))
3. [http://www.csae.ox.ac.uk/evstudies/pdfs/imdibir/imdibir-nophotos.pdf "Ethiopian Village Studies: Imbdibir"] {{Webarchive. link. (2009-12-16 , Centre for the Study of African Economies (accessed 5 July 2009))
4. [http://130.238.24.99/library/resources/dossiers/local_history_of_ethiopia/i/ORTIND.pdf "Local History in Ethiopia"]{{Dead link. (August 2019)
5. [http://www.csa.gov.et/text_files/2005_national_statistics.htm CSA 2005 National Statistics] {{webarchive. link. (November 23, 2006 , Table B.4)

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