Sodo 2469875 224075727 2008-07-07T05:15:53Z Badagnani 308437 :''This article is about the Ethiopian town. For the language, see [[Soddo language]]. For the neighborhood in Seattle, Washington, see [[Sodo, Seattle, Washington]].'' <!-- Infobox begins here; main text of article is below --> {{Infobox Settlement |official_name = Sodo |other_name = |native_name = <!-- for cities whose native name is not in English --> |nickname = |settlement_type = |motto = |image_skyline = |imagesize = |image_caption = |image_flag = |flag_size = |image_seal = |seal_size = |image_shield = |shield_size = |city_logo = |citylogo_size = |image_map = |mapsize = |map_caption = |image_map1 = |mapsize1 = |map_caption1 = |image_dot_map = |dot_mapsize = |dot_map_caption = |dot_x = |dot_y = |pushpin_map = Ethiopia |pushpin_label_position = right<!-- the position of the pushpin label: left, right, top, bottom, none --> |pushpin_map_caption = Location within Ethiopia |pushpin_mapsize = |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = [[Ethiopia]] |subdivision_type1 = Region |subdivision_name1 = [[Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples' Region|Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples']] |subdivision_type2 = Zone |subdivision_name2 = [[Wolaita Zone|Wolaita]] |subdivision_type3 = |subdivision_name3 = |subdivision_type4 = |subdivision_name4 = |government_footnotes = |government_type = |leader_title = |leader_name = |leader_title1 = <!-- for places with, say, both a mayor and a city manager --> |leader_name1 = |leader_title2 = |leader_name2 = |leader_title3 = |leader_name3 = |leader_title4 = |leader_name4 = |established_title = |established_date = |established_title2 = <!-- Incorporated (town) --> |established_date2 = |established_title3 = <!-- Incorporated (city) --> |established_date3 = |area_magnitude = |unit_pref = <!--Enter: Imperial, if Imperial (metric) is desired--> |area_footnotes = |area_total_km2 = <!-- ALL fields dealing with a measurements are subject to automatic unit conversion--> |area_land_km2 = <!--See table @ Template:Infobox Settlement for details on automatic unit conversion--> |area_water_km2 = |area_total_sq_mi = |area_land_sq_mi = |area_water_sq_mi = |area_water_percent = |area_urban_km2 = |area_urban_sq_mi = |area_metro_km2 = |area_metro_sq_mi = |population_as_of = 2005 |population_footnotes = |population_note = |population_total = 65,737 |population_density_km2 = |population_density_sq_mi = |population_metro = |population_density_metro_km2 = |population_density_metro_sq_mi = |population_urban = |population_density_urban_km2 = |population_density_urban_sq_mi = |population_blank1_title = |population_blank1 = |population_density_blank1_km2 = |population_density_blank1_sq_mi = |timezone = [[East Africa Time|EAT]] |utc_offset = +3 |timezone_DST = |utc_offset_DST = |latd=6 |latm=54 |latNS=N |longd=37 |longm=45 |longEW=E |elevation_footnotes = <!--for references: use <ref> </ref> tags--> |elevation_m = 1600 |elevation_ft = |postal_code_type = <!-- enter ZIP code, Postcode, Post code, Postal code... --> |postal_code = |area_code = |blank_name = |blank_info = |blank1_name = |blank1_info = |website = |footnotes = }} <!-- Infobox ends; main text of article begins on next line --> '''Sodo''' or '''Wolaita Sodo''' is a town in south-central [[Ethiopia]]. Located the [[Wolaita Zone]]<!--Why does this redirect to [[Semien Omo Zone]]?--> of the [[Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples Region]], Sodo has a latitude and longitude of {{coor dm |6|54|N|37|45|E}} with an elevation between 1600 and 2100 meters above sea level. It is the largest settlement in the [[woreda]] of [[Sodo Zuria]]. Based on figures from the [[Central Statistical Agency (Ethiopia)|Central Statistical Agency]] in 2005, this town has an estimated total population of 65,737 of whom 34,069 were males and 31,668 were females.<ref>[http://www.statsethiopia.org/text_files/2005_national_statistics.htm CSA 2005 National Statistics], Table B.3</ref> The 1994 national census reported this town had a total population of 36,287 of whom 18,863 were males and 17,424 were females. Sodo is served by an [[Sodo Airport|airport]] ([[ICAO]] code HASD, [[IATA]] SXU). It is also the seat of the [[Roman Catholic]] [[Apostolic Vicariate]] of Sodo-Hosaena. == History == In the early 1930s, Sodo was the only locality in Welamo district deserving to be called a town. It had a Saturday market, a telephone line to the capital and a weekly mail courier. Italian ground troops captured Sodo on [[27 January]] [[1937]]; it was there that two Italian generals with their divisions -- Liberati with his [[Italian 25 Division|25th Division]], and Bacarri with his [[Italian 101 Division|101st Division]] -- surrendered on 22 May 1941, after a minimum of resistance. The British also captured the remnants of the [[Italian 21 Division|21st Division]], who had escaped around the north end of [[Lake Abijatta]]. The loot included more than 4,000 officers and men, 6 medium tanks, 4 light tanks, 100 machine guns, ammunition and supplies.<ref name=NAI-web>[http://130.238.24.99/library/resources/dossiers/local_history_of_ethiopia/A/ORTSOB.pdf "Local History in Ethiopia"] (pdf) The Nordic Africa Institute website (accessed 16 November 2007)</ref> By [[1958]] Sodo was one of 27 places in Ethiopia ranked as First Class Township. A branch of the [[Commercial Bank of Ethiopia]] was established between 1965-68.<ref name=NAI-web/> The administrator of Sodo woreda and one-time student activist, Melaku Gebre Egziahber, was arrested in [[1975]] for encouraging peasants and the urban poor to rise up against "exploiters" in the town.<ref>Marina and David Ottaway, ''Ethiopia: Empire in Revolution'' (New York: Africana Publishing, 1978), p. 125</ref> In [[1984]], a refugee camp was established in the town for the victims of [[1984–1985 famine in Ethiopia|that year's famine]].<ref name=NAI-web/> == Notes == <references/> {{Cities of Ethiopia}} [[Category:Cities, towns and villages in the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People's Region]] [[am:ሶዶ]]