Metu
Metu is a market town and separate woreda in south-western Ethiopia. Located in the Illubabor Zone of Oromia along the Sor River, this town has a latitude and longitude of and an altitude of 1605 meters.- Type: Town with 22,100 residents
- Description: market town in southwestern Ethiopia
- Also known as: “Mattu”, “Mettu”, “Mettu / Metu”, and “Metu, Ethiopia”
Metu
- Categories: city, human settlement, district of Ethiopia, and locality
- Location: Oromiya, Ethiopia, East Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
8.2956° or 8° 17′ 44″ north
Longitude
35.5834° or 35° 35′ 0″ east
Population
22,100
Elevation
1,700 metres (5,577 feet)
Open location code
6GWQ7HWM+79
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Amharic to Zulu—“Metu” goes by many names.
- Amharic: “መቱ”
- Arabic: “ماتو”
- Asturian: “Metu”
- Cebuano: “Metu”
- Chinese: “默图”
- Chinese: “默圖”
- Croatian: “Metu”
- Dutch: “Metu”
- French: “Metou”
- French: “Mettu”
- French: “Metu”
- Italian: “Metu”
- Polish: “Metu”
- Romanian: “Metu”
- Russian: “Мэтту”
- Swedish: “Metu”
- Urdu: “میتو، ایتھوپیا”
- Urdu: “میٹو، ایتھوپیا”
- Yue Chinese: “默圖”
- Zulu: “Metu, Itiyopiya”
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