Karakore

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title: "Karakore" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["populated-places-in-the-amhara-region"] topic_path: "general/populated-places-in-the-amhara-region" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karakore" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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Field	Value
official_name	Karakore
native_name
dot_x
pushpin_map	Ethiopia
pushpin_label_position	bottom
pushpin_map_caption	Location within Ethiopia
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Ethiopia
subdivision_type1	Region
subdivision_name1	Amhara
subdivision_type2	Zone
subdivision_name2	Semien (North) Shewa
leader_title1
established_title2
established_title3
unit_pref
area_total_km2
area_land_km2
population_as_of	2005
population_total	7,487
timezone	EAT
utc_offset	+3
coordinates
elevation_footnotes
elevation_m	1696
postal_code_type
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|postal_code = |area_code = |blank_name = |blank_info = |blank1_name = |blank1_info = |website = |footnotes = Karakore (sometimes spelled as two words, Kara Kore) is a town in north-eastern Ethiopia. Located in the Semien Shewa Zone of the Amhara Region, this town has a latitude and longitude of with an elevation of 1696 meters above sea level.

Passing through the settlement on the main north–south highway in the 1940s, David Buxton described the town as lying to the east of the escarpment of the Ethiopian Highlands, and "a district notorious for armed hold-ups on the road."

Demographics

Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, Karakore has an estimated total population of 7,487 of whom 3,795 were males and 3,692 were females. The 1994 census reported this town had a total population of 4,311 of whom 1,997 were males and 2,314 were females. It is one of three towns in Efratana Gidim woreda.

Notes

References

2. David Buxton, ''Travels in Ethiopia'', second edition (London: Benn, 1957), p. 104
3. [http://www.csa.gov.et/text_files/2005_national_statistics.htm CSA 2005 National Statistics] {{webarchive. link. (2006-11-23 , Table B.4)

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