Boditi

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Boditi (also transliterated Boditu) is a town in southern Ethiopia. Located in the Semien Omo Zone of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples Region, this town has a latitude and longitude of 6°58′N, 37°52′E with an elevation of 2050 meters above sea level.

Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, Boditi has an estimated total population of 24,281 of whom 11,702 were males and 12,579 were females.[1] The 1994 national census reported this town had a total population of 13,400 of whom 6,479 were males and 6,921 were females. It the largest town in Damot Gale woreda.

During the early 1930s, the town's Tuesday market was very important. In 1969, a group of Swedish architectural students surveyed Boditi, and presented their findings to the University of Lund.[2]

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  1. ^ CSA 2005 National Statistics, Table B.4
  2. ^ Summary at "Local History in Ethiopia" (pdf) The Nordic Africa Institute website (accessed 6 June 2008)
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