Bako, West Shewa, Oromia Region, Ethiopia
🇪🇹 Bako is a town in central Ethiopia. Located in the West Shewa Zone of the Oromia, on the all-weather highway between Addis Ababa (Finfinne) and Naqamte, this town has a longitude and latitude of 9°08′N 37°03′E with an elevation of 1,743 metres or 5,719 feet above sea level. Bako is the administrative centre of Bako Tibe Aanaa.
During the Italian occupation, Bako is mentioned as having a medical clinic and a school. In 1948, Swedish missionaries opened a medical clinic in the town, which evolved into a mission station by 1953. By 1967, the town had phone service, as well as a primary and junior secondary schools; there was also a school for the blind, which had been moved from Addis Ababa to Bako 1961. The Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research opened a centre in Bako in 1968, which is the national centre for improving the yield of maize.
Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, Bako has an estimated total population of 18,641 of whom 9,370 are men and 9,271 women. The 1994 census reported this town had a total population of 10,422 of whom 5,082 were men and 5,340 women. It is the largest of three towns in Bako Tibe.
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Bako has a population of over 18,641 people. Bako also forms one of the centres of the wider West Shewa Region which has a population of over 2,058,676 people.
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Antipodal to: Bako -142.95,-9.133
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