Official Name: | Chancho |
Other Name: | Debre Selam |
Native Name: | Caancoo |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Pushpin Map: | Ethiopia |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within Ethiopia |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Ethiopia |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Oromia |
Subdivision Type2: | Zone |
Subdivision Name2: | Arsi |
Population As Of: | 2005 |
Population Total: | 1,465 |
Timezone: | EAT |
Utc Offset: | +3 |
Coordinates: | 8.25°N 48°W |
Elevation M: | 1451 |
Chancho (also known as Debre Selam) is a town in central Ethiopia. Located in the Arsi Zone of the Oromia Region, this town has a latitude and longitude of 8.25°N 48°W with an elevation of 1451 meters above sea level. It is the administrative center of Gololcha woreda.
According to the Oromia Regional government, this town currently lacks electricity, telephone and postal service.[1]
Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, Debre Selam has an estimated total population of 1,465 of whom 739 were males and 726 were females.[2] The 1994 national census reported this town had a total population of 819 of whom 401 were males and 416 were females.