Kolfe Keranio
Kolfe Keranio, also spelled Kolfe Keraneo or simply Kolfe, is a district of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. As of 2011 its population was 546,219.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Royal Netherlands Embassy and Addis Mercato.
Royal Netherlands Embassy
Government office
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Royal Netherlands Embassy is a government office.
Addis Mercato
Marketplace
Photo: JanManu, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Merkato is a large open-air marketplace in the Addis Ketema, district of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and the name refers to the neighborhood in which it is located. Addis Mercato is situated 3 km northeast of Kolfe Keranio.
Apostolic nunciature
Government office
The Apostolic Nunciature to Ethiopia is an ecclesiastical office of the Catholic Church in Ethiopia. It is a diplomatic post of the Holy See, whose representative is called the Apostolic Nuncio with the rank of an ambassador. Apostolic nunciature is situated 3½ km southeast of Kolfe Keranio.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Addis Ababa.
Addis Ababa
Photo: Vob08, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Addis Ababa is the capital and largest city of Ethiopia. It had an estimated population of almost 4 million in 2023 and it is growing very rapidly like many African cities.
Kolfe Keranio
- Type: Suburb with 546,000 residents
- Description: district of Addis Ababa in Ethiopia
- Categories: district and locality
- Location: Ethiopia, East Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
9.01643° or 9° 0′ 59″ northLongitude
38.7172° or 38° 43′ 2″ eastPopulation
546,000Elevation
2,367 metres (7,766 feet)Open location code
6GXW2P88+HVOpenStreetMap ID
node 622357046OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
8643574Wikidata ID
Q16893565
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Amharic to Zulu—“Kolfe Keranio” goes by many names.
- Amharic: “ኮልፌ ቀራንዮ”
- Catalan: “Kolfe Keranio”
- French: “Kolfe Keranio”
- Russian: “Кольфе-Керанио”
- Zulu: “Kolfe Keranio”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Gedame Eyesus Orthodox church and South Korea Embassy.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Kolfe Keranio”. Photo: Bgag, CC BY-SA 3.0.