Gelemso

Gelemso is a town in eastern  Ethiopia. Located in the Ahmar Mountains of the Mirab Hararghe Zone, it has a longitude and latitude of . Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency, in 2005 Gelemso has an estimated total population of 19,419, of whom 9,994 were males and 9,425 were females. It is currently the capital of Habro woreda. Locations of interest in Gelemso include: the Oda Bultum, one of the five Oda or traditional meeting places where the Oromo met to end one luba or 8-year period of the Gadaa system and begin a new one; Halaya Buchuro Gorge, 20 kilometers from Gelemso, where the Oromos executed criminals by throwing them into the chasm. Christian sites include the Alem Bete Kristiyan church. Moslem sites include the Shiekh Omar Mosque and Sufi compound; the 14th-century Aw-Said Mosque and Sufi Compound; and Aw-Sherif Hill, where the Moslem saint Aw-Sherif lived.
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