Nejo (also transliterated Nego) is a town in southeastern Ethiopia. Located in the Mirab Welega Zone of the Oromia Region, this town has a longitude and latitude of with an elevation of 1821 meters above sea level. It is the administrative center of Nejo woreda. Nejo is served by an airport (ICAO code HANJ, IATA NEJ). Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, Nejo has an estimated total population of 19,887, of whom 9,811 were males and 10,076 were females.[LINK: http://www.csa.gov.et/text_files/2005_national_statistics.htm] CSA 2005 National Statistics, Table B.4 According to the 1994 national census, this town had a population of 11,100. History Near Nejo (in either 1886 or 1888) at the hill of Guté Dili, the joint forces of Gobana Dacche and Moroda Bekere inflicted a defeat on invading followers of the Mahdi, who had invaded Ethiopia to conquer the Sibu Oromo

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