Ejersa Goro
| Ejersa Goro | |
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 Ejersa Goro
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| Coordinates: 9°29′N 42°14′E / 9.483°N 42.233°E | |
| Country |
 Ethiopia
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| Region | Oromia |
| Zone | Hararge Bahaa |
| Elevation | 2,780 m (9,120 ft) |
| Population (2005) | |
| • Total | 3,104 |
| Time zone | EAT (UTC+3) |
Ejersa Goro is a town in eastern Ethiopia. Located outside the city of Harar in the Misraq Hararghe Zone of the Oromia Region, it has a latitude and longitude of 9°29′N 42°14′E / 9.483°N 42.233°ECoordinates: 9°29′N 42°14′E / 9.483°N 42.233°E and an elevation of 2780 meters above sea level. It is the administrative center of Jarso woreda.
According to the Oromia Regional government website, this town has access to telephone and postal service, but lacks electricity.
Ejersa Goro is best known as the birthplace of Emperor Haile Selassie I, the tenth child of Ras Makonnen, then governor of Harar, and Woizero Yeshimebet Ali, on July 23, 1892. The Emperor later erected a church, Kidane Mihret ("Our Lady Covenant of Mercy"), in the town to commemorate the event; when John Graham visited the town in 2001, although Ras Makonnen's house had been reduced to a "circle of rocks", Kidane Mihret was still standing and in use, although in worse repair than the mosque across town.
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