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1Guduru (woreda)  
FeatureType : adm3rd
Elevation : 1482
Lat/Lng : 9.5 / 37.5833
Guduru (also transliterated Gudru) is one of woredas in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia. This woreda is named after one of the sections of the Macha Oromo, also known as the Torban Guduru ("the seven houses of Guduru"), which coalesced into a kingdom around 1855 under Gama Moras, which lay between the (...)
2Guduru, Ethiopia  
FeatureType : null
Elevation : 1482
Lat/Lng : 9.5 / 37.5833
Guduru (also known as Kombolcha or Kombosha) is a town in south-western Ethiopia. Located in the Horo Gudru Welega Zone of the Oromia Region, this town has a latitude and longitude of and an elevation of 1969 meters above sea level. It is the administrative center of Guduru woreda (...)
3Ginde Beret  
FeatureType : adm3rd
Elevation : 1890
Lat/Lng : 9.5 / 37.8333
Ginde Beret (Afan Oromo: Gindabarat) is one of the woredas in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia. Part of the West Shewa Zone, Ginde Beret is bordered on the south by Jeldu, on the southwest by Ambo, on the west by the Guder River which separates it from the Horo Guduru Welega Zone, on the north by the (...)
4Fincha Hydroelectric Power Station  
FeatureType : null
Elevation : 2223
Lat/Lng : 9.5583 / 37.366
The Fincha Power Station is a hydroelectric power plant fed through Chomen Lake and discharging into the Fincha River in Ethiopia near the town of Fincha. It has a power generating capacity of enough wattage to power over 66,900 homes. (...)
5Fincha Airport  
FeatureType : null
Elevation : 2272
Lat/Lng : 9.583 / 37.35
Fincha Airport is an airport serving Fincha in Ethiopia. (...)
6Abay Chomen  
FeatureType : adm3rd
Elevation : 2372
Lat/Lng : 9.6667 / 37.3333
Abay Chomen is one of the woredas in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Horo Gudru Welega Zone, Abay Chomen is bordered on the south by Lake Finicha'a (created when Finicha'a Dam flooded the Chomen swamp), on the southwest by Jimma Horo, on the northwest by Amuru Jarte, on the north by the (...)
7Kono  
FeatureType : null
Elevation : 1516
Lat/Lng : 9.7333 / 38.0
Kono may refer to: *Kōno, Fukui, a village located in Nanjō District, Fukui, Japan. *Kono, Nigeria, a village in Rivers State, Nigeria. *Kono District, a district in the Eastern Province of Sierra Leone. **Kono people, a major ethnic group in Sierra Leone (...)
8West Shewa Zone  
FeatureType : adm2nd
Elevation : 1788
Lat/Lng : 9.1395 / 37.8502
West Shewa (Amharic: Mirab Shewa; Oromo: Shawaa Lixaa/Dhihaa) is one of the zones of the Oromia Region in Ethiopia. This zone takes its name from the kingdom or former province of Shewa. West Shewa is bordered on the south by the Southwest Shewa Zone and the Southern Nations, Nationalities and (...)
9Jeldu  
FeatureType : adm3rd
Elevation : 2170
Lat/Lng : 9.25 / 38.0
Jeldu is one of the woredas in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Mirab Shewa Zone, Jedlu is bordered on the south by Dendi, on the southwest by Ambo, on the north by Ginde Beret, on the northeast by Meta Robi, and on the southeast by Ejerie (...)
10Dawes (Martian crater)  
FeatureType : null
Elevation : 2296
Lat/Lng : 9.2 / 38.0
Dawes Crater is located in the Sinus Sabaeus quadrangle of Mars, at 9.2 S and 38 E. It is about in diameter, and was named after William R. Dawes, a British astronomer (1799–1868) who was ahead of his time in believing that Mars only had a thin atmosphere (...)