Adami Tullu

Adami Tullu (also spelled Adami Tulu; Oromo, "Euphorbia hill") is a town in central Ethiopia. Located about 168 kilometers south of Addis Ababa in the Misraq Shewa Zone of the Oromia Region, Adami Tullu has a latitude and longitude of 7°52′N 38°42′E with an elevation of 1636 meters above sea level. It is one of five towns in Adami Tullu and Jido Kombolcha woreda.

Adami Tullu
Adami Tullu
Location within Ethiopia
Coordinates: 7°52′N 38°42′E
CountryEthiopia
RegionOromia
ZoneEast Shewa Zone
Elevation
1,636 m (5,367 ft)
Population
 (2005)
 • Total9,034
Time zoneUTC+3 (EAT)
ClimateCwb

Adami Tulli was founded by an emigrant from Germany named Goetz around 1902. He built a substantial farmhouse on the top of a local hill, which the Guida described in 1938 as "picturesque like a medieval castle".[1] During the Second Italian-Abyssinian War, the local Arsi Oromo looted and burned his farm, forcing Goetz to flee to an island in Lake Zway for safety. He returned for a while, but when his property was ruined a second time in the chaos following the defeat of the Italian occupiers, Goetz returned to the island in Lake Zway for good, where David Buxton found him in 1943.[2] The house Goetz lived in during 1960 is still existing near the church (Foto from 2015: /Users/Wolfgang/Pictures/Bibliothek iPhoto/Masters/2015/03/07/20150307-120138/IMGP2481.JPG). The ruins of Goetz's former "castle" can still be seen in 2015 on top of the hill (/Users/Wolfgang/Pictures/Bibliothek iPhoto/Previews/2015/02/28/20150228-162417/IMG_1041.jpg).

Demographics

Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, Adami Tulli has an estimated total population of 9,034 of whom 4,565 were males and were 4,469 females.[3] The 1994 census reported this town had a total population of 5,050 of whom 2,476 were males and 2,574 were females.

Notes
  1. "Local History in Ethiopia" (pdf) The Nordic Africa Institute website (accessed 2 January 2008)
  2. David Buxton, Travels in Ethiopia, second edition (London: Benn, 1957), pp. 139-142
  3. CSA 2005 National Statistics Archived November 23, 2006, at the Wayback Machine, Table B.3
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