Tulu Bolo ( Oromo: Tullu Bolloo) is a town located in the Southwest Shewa Zone 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 ...

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 ...

. It has a latitude and longitude of with an elevation of 2193 meters or 7195 feet above sea level. It is the largest settlement in

Becho Becho is one of the Aanaas in the Oromia of Ethiopia. Part of the Southwest Shewa Zone, Becho is bordered on the south by Saden Sodo, on the west by Waliso, on the northwest by Dawo, on the north by Elu, and on the east by Tole. The major town in ...

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 ...

. It is located around 80 Kilometers from Adis Ababa(Finfinne) (the capital city of Oromia) on the way to Jimma. it is named after 'Tullu' mountain and 'Bolo' a sink, to mean a town located near a mountain in Afan Oromo after the King Aba Gifar of Jimma visited through their route to Addis Ababa. Different churches and mosques to visit and pray.

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, Tulu Bolo has an estimated total population of 14,307 of whom 6,837 are men and 7,470 are women.CSA 2005 National Statistics
Table B.4 The 1994 national census reported this town had a total population of 8,011 of whom 3,708 were men and 4,303 were women. Hibret Firee Senior secondary school, Fitawrari Habte Giorgis school (named after a known patriot in the Italian battle of Adwoa), and Tulu Bolo elementary school are known for graduating high caliber students. There are also a number of kinder gardens. Hibret Firee Senior secondary school was constructed by the contribution of money from farmers of the then Dawo, Illu, Bacho, Arbu cholule, Tole and Bussa Woredas in 1976 E.C. A natural hot spring (Tsebele) that has aesthetic and medicinal value is located in the eastern part of the town and for bath and part of it also supplied for drinking through pipes(''oo, named after oromic word ho'a means hot water''). It is usually visited by tourists. A sports field and other recreational sites are also available in the central vicinity (''Menafesha''). A number of Hotels are existing and some are under construction. The construction in the city is booming. The pioneer and the oldest part in the town which was the center for a long time (''Aroge Sefer'') situated near the Mazegaga. A seasonal river ''Meja''. In the outskirts of the way of Adis Ababa ''Kenteri Sefer'' and ''Busa Sefer''. (..TTW..)

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Cities and towns in Oromia Region {{Oromia-geo-stub