Bentu Liben (also known as Liben) is a town in central
Oromia Region
Oromia (, ) is a Regions of Ethiopia, regional state in Ethiopia and the homeland of the Oromo people. Under Article 49 of 1995 Constitution of Ethiopia, Ethiopian Constitution, the capital of Oromia is Addis Ababa, also called Finfinne. The ...
,
Ethiopia
Ethiopia, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country located in the Horn of Africa region of East Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the north, Djibouti to the northeast, Somalia to the east, Ken ...
. Located in the
Southwest Shewa Zone about 40 kilometers south-west of
Addis Ababa
Addis Ababa (; ,) is the capital city of Ethiopia, as well as the regional state of Oromia. With an estimated population of 2,739,551 inhabitants as of the 2007 census, it is the largest city in the country and the List of cities in Africa b ...
, this town has a latitude and longitude of with an elevation of 2234 meters above sea level.
Based on figures from the
Central Statistical Agency in 2005, Bentu Liben has an estimated total population of 2,381 of whom 1,113 were males and 1,268 were females. The 1994 census reported this town had a total population of 1,273 of whom 576 were males and 697 were females. It is the largest town in
Tole woreda
Districts of Ethiopia, also called woredas (; ''woreda''), are the third level of the administrative divisions of Ethiopia – after ''List of zones of Ethiopia, zones'' and the ''Regions of Ethiopia, regional states''.
These districts are f ...
.
Records at the Nordic Africa Institute website provide details of a primary school in Bentu Liben during the year 1968.
"Local History in Ethiopia"
(pdf) The Nordic Africa Institute website (accessed 10 January 2008)
Notes
Populated places in the Oromia
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