Shinshicho 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
Kembata Tembaro Zone
Kembata Tembaro is a zone in the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region of Ethiopia. It was formerly known as ''Kembata, Alaba and Tembaro'', until Alaba became a special woreda in 2002. This zone is named after the Kambaata peopl ...
of the
. This town has a latitude and longitude of with an elevation of 1875 meters above sea level.
It was founded by the leader of the community called "Ordolo". Mr Ordolo was a warrior who survived a Sword attack while fighting Bandits who tried to rob the local market during the early days of establishment of Shinshicho. The town was earlier called "Ordolo dikuta/Ordolo gieyaa" till 1977. In the beginning of 2015, the city has a population of 35,000. It has 12 substandard motels and an ongoing modern hotel, a hospital and office complex constructions.
The hospital project in the town was a collaboration with a US based charity called Holt international and the community with a cost of over US$2 million.
Shinshicho was the beneficiary of a project funded by the
NGO
A non-governmental organization (NGO) or non-governmental organisation (see spelling differences) is an organization that generally is formed independent from government. They are typically nonprofit entities, and many of them are active in h ...
WaterAid to improve its water supply. Budgeted at just under £85,000 and designed to benefit over 27,000 inhabitants, the project was completed in April 2000.
Demographics
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, Shinshicho has an estimated total population of 12,626 of whom 6,163 were men and 6,463 were women.
CSA 2005 National Statistics
Table B.4 The 1994 census reported this town had a total population of 6,968 of whom 3,412 were men and 3,556 were women. It is one of two towns in Kacha Bira 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 ...
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Notes
Populated places in the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region
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