Jimma
in Oromiya, Ethiopia
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Jimma Airport (1 mi) - Waca Airport (42 mi)
- Soddu Airport (86 mi)
- Gore Airport (94 mi)
- Nekemte Airport (96 mi)
- Mizan Teferi Airport (101 mi)
- Tippi Airport (103 mi)
- Awassa Airport (122 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 7.673 and 36.834 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 7° 40' 24" and E 36° 50' 3"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Birr - ETB
- Spoken languages:
- Amharic, English, Oromo, Tigrinya, Somali
- Local electricity:
- 230 V - 50 Hz (plugs: G)
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 3G, 4G
- Local Time: 05:42 PM (Sunday)
- Timezone: Africa/Addis_Ababa
- UTC/GMT offset: 3 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 6:24 am and 6:10 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -8.941 and -140.169 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Hakaui - References
- This place on Wikipedia
- This place on Geonames.org
Safety Score: 3,5 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning please reconsider your need to travel to Ethiopia.
Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning Ethiopia. Last Update: 2024-08-13 08:21:03
Discover Jimma
Jimma in Oromiya with it's 128,306 citizens is a city in Ethiopia about 161 mi (or 259 km) south-west of Addis Ababa, the country's capital city.
Local time in Jimma is now 05:42 PM (Sunday). The local timezone is named Africa / Addis Ababa with an UTC offset of 3 hours. We know of 8 airports in the vicinity of Jimma. The closest airport in Ethiopia is Jimma Airport in a distance of 1 mi (or 2 km), South-West. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
When in this area, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Hawassa, Gambela, Addis Ababa, Maiwut and Asosa. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 24°C / 75 °F
| Morning Temperature | 12°C / 54 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 18°C / 64 °F |
| Night Temperature | 14°C / 58 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 0% |
| Air Humidity | 42% |
| Air Pressure | 1014 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Calm with 2 km/h (1 mph) from West |
| Cloud Conditions | Overcast clouds, covering 98% of sky |
| General Conditions | Overcast clouds |
Monday, 18th of November 2024
24°C (76 °F)
15°C (59 °F)
Broken clouds, calm.
Tuesday, 19th of November 2024
25°C (77 °F)
18°C (64 °F)
Overcast clouds, calm.
Wednesday, 20th of November 2024
23°C (74 °F)
17°C (62 °F)
Light rain, calm, scattered clouds.
Videos from this area
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The OWN Project
Opportunity for Women and children Network: giving hope to deprived, hungry street children and destitute women across Jimma and its periphery. OWN is running a project to rehabilitate street...
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Attractions and noteworthy things
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Jimma
Jimma, also spelled Jima, is the largest city in southwestern Ethiopia. It's a special zone of the Oromia Region and is surrounded by Jimma Zone. It has a latitude and longitude of {{#invoke:Coordinates|coord}}{{#coordinates:7|40|N|36|50|E|region:ET_type:city(159,009)|| | |name= }}. The town was the capital of Kaffa Province until the province was dissolved. Prior to the 2007 census, Jimma was reorganized administratively as a special Zone. Herbert S.
Jimma University
Jimma University (JU) is one of the top teaching universities in Ethiopia, and is located in Oromia Region, Jimma Zone. It offers programs and researches which lead toward degrees in different fields of studies. It was established in December 1999 with the amalgamation of the Jimma College of Agriculture (founded in 1952) and the Jimma Institute of Health Sciences (founded in 1983). The main campus of JU is next to the former palace of the kings of Kingdom of Jimma.
These are some bigger and more relevant cities in the wider vivinity of Jimma.
This place is known by different names. Here the ones we know:
Djimma, Jimma, Gimma, Gima, Jīma, JIM
