Butajira
Butajira is a town and separate woreda in central Ethiopia. Located at the base of the Zebidar massif in the East Gurage Zone of the Central Ethiopia Regional State, Butajira has an elevation of 2131 meters above sea level.- Type: Town with 89,800 residents
- Description: place in Ethiopia
- Also known as: “Butajera”, “Butlagira”, and “Buttagira”
Butajira
- Categories: city, district of Ethiopia, and locality
- Location: Central Ethiopia Regional State, Ethiopia, East Africa, Africa
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Latitude
8.1206° or 8° 7′ 14″ north
Longitude
38.3777° or 38° 22′ 40″ east
Population
89,800
Elevation
2,073 metres (6,801 feet)
Open location code
6GWW49CH+63
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Amharic to Zulu—“Butajira” goes by many names.
- Amharic: “ቡታጅራ”
- Arabic: “بوتاجيرا”
- Asturian: “Butajira”
- Cebuano: “Butajīra”
- Chinese: “布塔吉拉”
- Dutch: “Butajira”
- French: “Butajira”
- Italian: “Butajira”
- Polish: “Butadżira”
- Swedish: “Butajīra”
- Wolaytta: “Buttaajira”
- Zulu: “Butajira”
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