Shakiso
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Shakiso ሻኪሶ |
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 Shakiso
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| Coordinates: 5°45′N 38°55′E / 5.750°N 38.917°ECoordinates: 5°45′N 38°55′E / 5.750°N 38.917°E | |
| Country | Ethiopia |
| Region | Oromia |
| zone | Guji |
| Elevation | 1,758 m (5,768 ft) |
| Population (2005) | |
| • Total | 28,260 |
| Time zone | EAT (UTC+3) |
Shakiso is a town in southern Ethiopia. Located in the Guji Zone of the Oromia Region, this town has a latitude and longitude of 5°45′N 38°55′E / 5.750°N 38.917°E and an elevation of 1758 meters above sea level.
Two of the major mines of Ethiopia are located near Shakiso: the Lega Dembi gold and the Kenticha tantalum mines. The Lega Dembi mine was acquired by MIDROC gold, which between 1998 and 2008 extracted 34 metric tons from the mines, earning 466 million dollars. However, MIDROC has announced in 2009 that the deposits at Lega Dembi are almost exhausted. Shakiso is served by an airport (ICAO code HASK, IATA SKR).
The Swedish Red Cross report encountering a customs post at Shakiso when moving at the southern front in early 1936. There were two substantial waterholes there, although the water was somewhat salty. The customs staff had four small buildings on the top of a hill near the main road. Their primary task was to collect salt tax from caravans, which amounted to ten or eleven Maria Theresa Thalers per month before the Second Italian-Abyssinian War.
Following the savage suppression of their revolt in 1960, numerous members of the Gedeo people were forcibly evicted from their homes, and over the following years some migrated to Shakiso to settle. However, the unrest of the early years of the Ethiopian Revolution forced many of these migrants to leave Shakiso for their homeland.
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