• Thumbnail for Bishoftu
    Bishoftu (Oromo: Bishooftuu; Amharic: ቢሾፍቱ) is a town in central Ethiopia. Located in the East Shewa Zone of the Oromia Region, it sits at an elevation...
    18 KB (1,463 words) - 19:13, 19 November 2024
  • Bishoftu Automotive Engineering Industry is an Ethiopian manufacturing and assembly center for heavy armament, tanks and military vehicles. It is one of...
    3 KB (321 words) - 21:00, 14 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302
    737 MAX 8 aircraft which operated the flight crashed near the town of Bishoftu six minutes after takeoff. All 149 passengers and 8 crew members on board...
    73 KB (6,986 words) - 03:08, 6 January 2025
  • Thumbnail for Christine Alalo
    302, a Boeing 737 MAX 8, registration number ET-AVJ 302 that crashed at Bishoftu, 60 kilometres (37 mi) south of Ethiopia's capital city Addis Ababa. The...
    7 KB (467 words) - 12:00, 11 January 2024
  • 10 March 2019, Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 crashes near the town of Bishoftu shortly after takeoff from Addis Ababa Bole International Airport, killing...
    238 KB (811 words) - 21:09, 5 January 2025
  • located in Addis Ababa. The corporation is building a railway school in Bishoftu in partnership with the Chinese government at a cost of 1.57 billion birr...
    2 KB (139 words) - 01:19, 30 December 2024
  • Thumbnail for List of deadliest aircraft accidents and incidents
    157 8 149 0 † COM Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 Boeing 737 MAX 8 ethibisBishoftu, Ethiopia ENR 2019-03-10 157 10 147 0 COM Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 1103...
    321 KB (14,527 words) - 21:32, 3 January 2025
  • Thumbnail for Addis Ababa University
    campuses. Twelve of these are situated in Addis Ababa, and one is located in Bishoftu, about 45 kilometres (28 mi) away. AAU has several associated research...
    15 KB (1,347 words) - 23:41, 26 December 2024
  • Thumbnail for Hawassa
    the Great Rift Valley. It is 273 km (170 mi) south of Addis Ababa via Bishoftu, 130 km (81 mi) east of Sodo, and 75 km (47 mi) north of Dilla. The town...
    23 KB (1,875 words) - 18:59, 10 November 2024
  • February 1972 Isanlu, Kogi State, Nigeria Died 10 March 2019 (aged 47) near Bishoftu, Ethiopia Alma mater Titcombe College Egbe University of Ilorin (BA) University...
    11 KB (903 words) - 23:24, 20 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Tesfaye Gebreab
    needed] Gebreab was born on 28 August 1968 in Ethiopia, in the town of Bishoftu. His parents were originally from the Province of Eritrea. In the 1950s...
    4 KB (298 words) - 15:43, 25 December 2024
  • Flight 302, a Boeing 737 MAX 8 bound for Nairobi, Kenya, crashed near Bishoftu, Ethiopia, shortly after taking off from Addis Ababa's Bole International...
    397 KB (59,163 words) - 22:06, 5 January 2025
  • Thumbnail for Mount Zuqualla
    (East) Shewa Zone, it rises from the plain 30 kilometres (19 mi) south of Bishoftu. With a height of 3,010 metres (9,875 ft), it is known for its crater lake...
    7 KB (567 words) - 11:44, 26 December 2024
  • facilities of the Metals and Engineering Corporation. With its headquarters in Bishoftu, it specializes in producing wide range of infantry equipment that meet...
    2 KB (241 words) - 21:00, 14 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Kuriftu Resorts & Spa
    has various branches in Ethiopia; one of the main branch is located in Bishoftu, whereas the other in Bahir Dar, Adama, Langano and Semera. In August 2019...
    5 KB (416 words) - 07:40, 8 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Addis Ababa Bole International Airport
    6 km (3.7 mi) southeast of the city centre and 65 km (40 mi) north of Bishoftu. The airport was formerly known as Haile Selassie I International Airport...
    45 KB (2,872 words) - 07:45, 2 January 2025
  • "Public Service and Human Resource Development Office | Bishoftu | Government of Ethiopia". bishoftu.gov.et. Retrieved 2024-01-05. "THE HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT...
    4 KB (191 words) - 10:43, 3 June 2024
  • Meda Airport (Amharic: ሐረር ሜዳ) (IATA: QHR, ICAO: HAHM) is an airport in Bishoftu, Oromia, Ethiopia. It is the main base for the Ethiopian Air Force. In...
    3 KB (216 words) - 00:04, 30 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Awash River
    the river from cities such as Addis Abeba, Awash 7 Kilo, Ambo, Sebeta, Bishoftu, Gelan, Adama, Modjo. Agricultural runoff may be a cause of heavy metal...
    33 KB (3,802 words) - 15:08, 27 December 2024
  • Thumbnail for Oromo people
    were killed and many injured. Every year, millions of Oromos gather in Bishoftu for this annual celebration. That year Ethiopian security forces responded...
    86 KB (9,166 words) - 16:33, 6 January 2025
  • Thumbnail for BM-21 Grad
    while the Bishoftu Motorization Engineering Complex produces the launching tubes and has converted existing trucks to diesel engine. Bishoftu Motorization...
    65 KB (6,535 words) - 13:53, 30 December 2024
  • Thumbnail for Mikoyan MiG-29
    in an accident in May 2000, is actually stored and used for spares at Bishoftu Air Base. As of 2022[update], Jane's Information Group reported the Bangladesh...
    215 KB (21,601 words) - 18:18, 3 January 2025
  • Thumbnail for Irreechaa
    sacred lakes across Oromia Region like the Hora Finfinne and Hora Harsadi, Bishoftu, Oromia Region as a whole. Once at the lake, festival-goers immerse freshly...
    7 KB (777 words) - 04:24, 6 October 2024
  • Bambasi Bati Batu (Ziway) Bedele Bedessa Begi Beica Bekoji Bele Bichena Bike Bishoftu Bitena Boditi Bonga Bule Hora Burayu Butajira Chagni Chelenqo Chinaksen...
    22 KB (688 words) - 07:41, 29 December 2024
  • it around the world. He grew up in the countryside outside Addis Ababa, Bishoftu. Tadesse Meskela studied his way out of poverty and eventually made it...
    2 KB (171 words) - 06:56, 21 December 2024
  • Thumbnail for Geography of Oromia
    the largest responsible for source of electric power. Lakes including Bishoftu, Kuriftu and Ziway is the basis for agro-industrial and fishery production...
    15 KB (1,352 words) - 21:13, 14 July 2024
  • Legetafo Asosa City Asosa Gofa Barenche Sawla Bole Sub-city Addis Ababa Sululta City Sululta Addis Sub-city Addis Ababa Bishoftu City Bishoftu Nisir Club...
    3 KB (115 words) - 21:00, 27 September 2023
  • 638 Harar Harari 276,000 Jimma Oromia 250,909 Shashamane Oromia 208,368 Bishoftu Oromia 207,383 Sodo Southern 204,121 Arba Minch Southern 201,049 Jijiga...
    46 KB (348 words) - 20:44, 13 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Ethiopian Highlands
    Asella in the Arsi Zone, the trekking center of Dodola, the lakeside Bishoftu, the largest city in the southwest Jimma, the market town of Nekemte, and...
    18 KB (2,093 words) - 06:25, 4 December 2024
  • Thumbnail for Ethiopian Air Force
    Airport Mek'ele Airport The primary base is at Harar Meda Airport, in Bishoftu. There are four smaller bases used by the air force, these are: Bahir Dar...
    44 KB (4,595 words) - 09:44, 4 January 2025