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Shaamboo is a town and separate woreda in western Ethiopia. Located in the Horo Guduru Welega Zone of Oromia Region west of Lake Fincha'a, this town has an elevation of 2,503 metres above sea level. It was previously the administrative centre of Horro woreda.
Shaamboo is a town and separate woreda in western Ethiopia. Located in the Horo Guduru Welega Zone of Oromia Region west of Lake Fincha'a, this town has an elevation of 2,503 metres above sea level. It was previously the administrative centre of Horro woreda. ==History== A Swedish reporter published in 19691, an account of conditions in Shaamboo Prison, which consists of a fenced-in area the size of a football field, and associated buildings. A deep trench 3×5 metres in size is the common latrine for about 130 men and women. Most of the prisoners are chained, and are fed once a day. The eight female prisoners were locked in a single room 8×3 metres and never allowed outside. The men are only confined at night into two rooms 8×12 metres, 60 men in each, and sleep directly upon the wooden floor. ==Demographics== The 2007 national census reported a total population for this town of 74,995, of whom 37,757 were men and 37,238 were women. The majority of the inhabitants observed Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, with 88.24% reporting that as their religion, while 10.32% were Protestants, and 9% were Moslem. The 1994 census reported this town had a total population of 11,327 of whom 5,463 were males and 5,864 were females.
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