Jimma
Jimma is a city in Western Ethiopia. Historically, it was a lively market town that attracted all of Ethiopia's diverse ethnic groups as well as people from neighboring kingdoms, buying coffee, perfume and other products.
- City with about 178,000 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 1,780 metres (5,840 feet)
- …has the IATA airport code JIM
- Description: city in southwestern Ethiopia
- Also known as“Djimma”“Gima”“Gimma”“Jima”“Jimma Special Town”“ጂማ / Jimma”
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Latitude
7.6756° or 7° 40′ 32″ north
Longitude
36.8479° or 36° 50′ 52″ east
UN/LOCODE
ET JIM
Open location code
6GVRMRGX+65
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = city
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Amharic to Zulu—“Jimma” goes by many names.
ጅማAmharic
جيماArabic
ՋիմմաArmenian
JimmaAsturian
JimaBasque
জিম্মাBengali
JimmaCatalan
JīmaCebuano
吉姆马Chinese
吉馬Chinese
吉马Chinese
JimmaCroatian
JimmaDanish
JimmaDutch
جيماEgyptian Arabic
ĜimaEsperanto
JimmaFinnish
JimmaGalician
ΤζίμαGreek
જિમ્માGujarati
ג’ימהHebrew
जिमाHindi
JimmaHungarian
JimmaIndonesian
JimmaIrish
GimmaItalian
ジンマJapanese
ಜಿಮ್ಮಾKannada
짐마Korean
DžimaLatvian
DžimaLithuanian
JimmaMalay
जिममाMarathi
DjimaNorthern Frisian
JimmaNorthern Frisian
JimaSwedish
ҶиммаTajik
ஜீம்மாTamil
జిమ్మాTelugu
กิมเมลวาลด์Thai
CimmaTurkish
JimmaTurkish
ДжиммаUkrainian
جیماUrdu
جیمماUrdu
GimmaVenetian
JimmaVietnamese
JimmaWaray (Philippines)
JimmaZulu
Jimma, ItiyopiyaZulu
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