Gerba Guracha Garba Gurraachaa
Town
Nickname:  Kuyyu
Gerba Guracha Location within Ethiopia
Coordinates: 9°48′N 38°24′E / 9.800°N 38.400°E / 9.800; 38.400
Country	Ethiopia
Region	Oromia
Zone	North Shewa
Woreda	Kuyu
Population  (2005)
• Total	19,830
Time zone	UTC+3 (EAT)

Gerba Guracha (Oromo: Garba Gurraachaa) is a town in central Ethiopia. Located in the North Shewa Zone of Oromia Region, Ethiopia, it is an inland port city in Selale. It has a latitude and longitude of 9°48′N 38°24′E / 9.800°N 38.400°E / 9.800; 38.400 and an elevation between 2,515 and 2,547 meters above sea level. It is the administrative center of Kuyu woreda.

This town has had telephone service at least as early as 1967.^[1]

C.F. Rey mentions passing through Gerba Guracha (which he describes it as a village) in January 1927.^[2] Records at the Nordic Africa Institute website provide details of a primary school there in 1968.^[1]

Demographics

Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, Gebra Guracha has an estimated total population of 19,830 of whom 9,184 were males and 10,646 were females.^[3] The 1994 national census reported this town had a total population of 11,113 of whom 4,981 were males and 6,132 were females.

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