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Gimbi is a town in western Ethiopia. Located in the West Welega Zone of the Oromia Region, it has a latitude and longitude of with an elevation between 1845 and 1930 meters above sea level. It is the administrative center of Gimbi woreda. Gimbi has had telephone service from some point between 1954 and 1967. Iron had traditionally been produced in the area. A North Korean team of specialists investigated the deposits in the mid-1980s.〔("Local History in Ethiopia" ) The Nordic Africa Institute website (accessed 15 February 2008)〕 == History == An Ethiopian Orthodox church was built in Gimbi around 1895. By the 1930s, Gimbi was one of the most important markets of Welega Province and a meeting point of roads. The extension of the main road to Nekemte had not yet reached as far as Gimbi by 1935.〔 A school for the blind was opened in Gimbi by the Western Synod of the Mekane Yesus Church in 1971. However by 1981 all Evangelical churches in the neighboring region were closed, except the one in the town itself.〔 Seventh Day Adventist Churches, and Schools, have been serving the city. The Seventh Day Adventist Hospital was the first hospital in Gimbie and was founded in 1947. More recently a government hospital called Gimbie Public Hospital was established. The operational budget of this hospital is government subsidized. The Oromia TV sub-station and the Gimbi Campus of Wolega University were opened by Regional president Abadula Gemeda 23 February 2009.〔("Abadulla inagurates TV Sub-station, Gimbi Campus of Wollega University" ), Ethiopian News Agency website (accessed 14 April 2009)〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gimbi」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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