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had clashed with the Italian garrison at Luuq and two Italian officers were killed; at the Italian government's insistence the Dejazmach had been removed from his post, but his retinue "looted the neighbourhood, and the garrison established by the new governor extorted what little was left for their
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in 2005, this town has an estimated total population of 21,585, of whom 10,849 are men and 10,736 are women. The 1994 national census reported this town had a total population of 12,068 of whom 5,884 were men and 6,184 were women.
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Despite this early economic activity, when C.W. Gwynn visited Ginir in 1908 it had declined since Donaldson Smith's time: "It should be a considerable market for salt, obtained in the district between the
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to Ginir existed in 1904, one of the few places in southern Ethiopia with that kind of service at that time. A post office was opened within the period 1923-1932; a postal cancellation is known from 1928.
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Wolde Guebre, had made Ginir his headquarters and had installed a garrison of about 200 men. A post route by mule from
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In the 19th century, Ginir was the major commercial center southwest of the
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and an elevation between 1750 and 1986 meters above sea level.
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in October 1894, he found that the local Ethiopian governor,
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was sold to traders who then supplied the districts south of
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Ghinnir
Ginir is located in Ethiopia
7°8′N 40°42′E / 7.133°N 40.700°E / 7.133; 40.700
Ethiopia
Oromia
Bale Zone
Time zone
UTC+3
EAT
Ethiopia
East Bale Zone
Oromia Region
7°08′N 40°42′E / 7.133°N 40.700°E / 7.133; 40.700
Ginir
Bale Zone
airport
Awash River
salt
Shewa
Luuq
Somalia
Bardera
Arthur Donaldson Smith
Shebelle River
Ras
Addis Ababa
Wabi
Web
Ogaden
Dejazmach

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