Goro is a town in southern

Ethiopia Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the ...

. Located in the

Bale Zone (Oromo language, Oromo: Aaana ''Baalee'') is a Zones of Ethiopia, zone in Oromia Region of Ethiopia. Bale is bordered on the south by the Ganale Dorya River which separates it from Guji Zone, on the west by the West Arsi Zone, on the north by Ar ...

of the

Oromia Region Oromia (Amharic: ) ( om, Oromiyaa) is a regional state in Ethiopia and the homeland of the Oromo people. The capital of Oromia is Addis Ababa. It is bordered by the Somali Region to the east; the Amhara Region, the Afar Region and the Benish ...

, this town has a longitude and latitude of and an elevation of 1650 meters above sea level. It is the administrative center of Goro

woreda Districts of Ethiopia, also called woredas ( am, ወረዳ; ''woreda''), are the third level of the administrative divisions of Ethiopia – after ''zones'' and the '' regional states''. These districts are further subdivided into a number of ...

. Although the town has postal service, as of 1995 it lacks electricity."Local History in Ethiopia"
The Nordic Africa Institute website (accessed 27 November 2007) Based on figures from the

Central Statistical Agency The Central Statistical Agency (CSA; Amharic: ማዕከላዊ ስታቲስቲክስ ኤጀንሲ) is an agency of the government of Ethiopia designated to provide all surveys and censuses for that country used to monitor economic and social growth ...

in 2005, Goro has an estimated total population of 7833, of whom 3935 were males and 3898 were females.CSA 2005 National Statistics
, Table B.4 The ''Guido'' published by the Italian government in 1938 describes Goro as a village on the left bank of the

Mena River 220px, The Mena River shown as a tributary of the Ganale River in Bale Zone, eastern Ethiopia">Bale_Zone.html" ;"title="Ganale River in Bale Zone">Ganale River in Bale Zone, eastern Ethiopia The Mena is a river of eastern Ethiopia. It is located ...

at the foot of mount Dadimus, in a fertile and cultivated plain with plenty of water and groups of houses surrounded by hedges of

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Populated places in the Oromia Region {{Oromia-geo-stub