Dodola is a town in southeastern

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. Located in the

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of the Oromia State, this town has a latitude and longitude of , with an elevation ranging from 2362 to 2493 meters above sea level. It is the administrative center of

Dodola Dodola (also spelled ''Dodole'', ''Dodoli'', ''Dudola'', ''Dudula'' etc.) and Perperuna (also spelled ''Peperuda'', ''Preperuda'', ''Preperuša'', ''Prporuša'', ''Papaluga'' etc.) are rainmaking pagan customs widespread among different peoples ...

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. The town is served by Dodola Airport.

History

Arnold Weinholt Hodson Sir Arnold Wienholt Hodson (12 February 1881 – 26 May 1944)"Sir Arnold Hodson"
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passed through Dodola when he was the British resident in southern Ethiopia (1914-1923). The Italian ''Guida'' described Dodola in 1938 as a town with an important market in an area rich in resources of agriculture and forest, and having 150 inhabitants. The ''Guida'' further mentioned the village church of Kidane Mihret as a notable landmark."Local History in Ethiopia"
The Nordic Africa Institute website (accessed 29 November 2007) The road to Dodola built by the Italian occupants had fallen into disrepair by the time of the Bale revolt. However, a telephone landline to the town was in operation by 1964. The Ethiopian

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gave permission on 21 March 1949 to a group of Danish missionaries to establish a station at Dodola, but due to funding issues the mission was not started until 1952. The mission included a school and a clinic. Over the following years the station had a constant problem with retaining staff, but by 1971 it had secured support from the

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Demographics

Based on figures from the

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in 2005, Dodola has an estimated total population of 24,767 of whom 12,444 are men and 12,323 are women.CSA 2005 National Statistics
, Table B.4 The 1994 national census reported this town had a total population of 13,847 of whom 6,749 were men and 7,098 were women.

Notes

{{Authority control Populated places in the Oromia