Karakore

Karakore
Karakore

Location within Ethiopia

Coordinates: 10°29′N 39°56′E / 10.483°N 39.933°E / 10.483; 39.933Coordinates: 10°29′N 39°56′E / 10.483°N 39.933°E / 10.483; 39.933
Country Ethiopia
Region Amhara
Zone Semien (North) Shewa
Elevation 1,696 m (5,564 ft)
Population (2005)
  Total 7,487
Time zone EAT (UTC+3)

Karakore (sometimes spelled as two words, Kara Kore) is a town in north-eastern Ethiopia. Located in the Semien Shewa Zone of the Amhara Region, this town has a latitude and longitude of 10°29′N 39°56′E / 10.483°N 39.933°E / 10.483; 39.933 with an elevation of 1696 meters above sea level.

Passing through the settlement on the main north-south highway in the 1940s, David Buxton described the town as lying to the east of the escarpment of the Ethiopian highlands, and "a district notorious for armed hold-ups on the road."[1]

Demographics

Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, Karakore has an estimated total population of 7,487 of whom 3,795 were males and 3,692 were females.[2] The 1994 census reported this town had a total population of 4,311 of whom 1,997 were males and 2,314 were females. It is one of three towns in Efratana Gidim woreda.

Notes

  1. David Buxton, Travels in Ethiopia, second edition (London: Benn, 1957), p. 104
  2. CSA 2005 National Statistics, Table B.4
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