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Gidami is a town in western Ethiopia. Located in the Kelem Welega Zone of the Oromia Region, this town has a latitude and longitude of 08°59′N 34°37′E with an elevation between 1776 and 1928 meters above sea level. It is the main town of Gidami woreda.

Gidami Gidaamii
Town
Gidami Location within Ethiopia
Coordinates: 8°59′N 34°37′E
Country	Ethiopia
Region	Oromia
Zone	Kelem Welega
Woreda	Gidami
Elevation	1,776 m (5,827 ft)
Population  (2005)
• Total	5,007
Time zone	UTC+3 (EAT)

History

Charles W. Gwynn wrote that he was detained at Gidami for a month in 1900, then the seat of Dejazmach Jote Talu, while making an official reconnaissance of the Ethiopia–Sudan border; Dejazmach Jote was absent from Gidami during his stay, but Gwynn later learned that Gidami "was distinguished for having stopped three European Expeditions in the course of a few years -- Bottego's, Mangin's, and my own."[1]

By the early 1930s, Gidami was an important coffee market with two or three resident foreign traders. In 1938, the Guido described the town as a large village with many Amhara in an area populated by the Oromo, having a post office, telegraph and infirmary.[2]

On 18 October 2006, Gidami and Begi (town) were the setting for clashes between Muslims and Protestant Christians, resulting in 9 deaths, including the death of two Protestant preachers, and over 100 injured. In addition, 21 churches, one mosque, and dozens of houses were burned, leaving over 400 people homeless.[3]

Demographics

Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, Gidami has an estimated total population of 5,007 of whom 2,545 are men and 2,462 are women.[4] The 1994 census reported this town had a total population of 2,798 of whom 1,380 were men and 1,418 were women.

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