Bekoji (Oromo: Boqojjii, Amharic: በቆጂ) is a town in central Ethiopia. Located in the Arsi Zone of the Oromia Region, it has a latitude and longitude of...

Bekoji (Oromo: Boqojji) was a woreda in Oromia Region, Ethiopia. Part of the Arsi Zone, Bekoji was bordered on the south by Gedeb, on the southwest by...

Badme Bahir Dar Bako Bambasi Bati Batu (Ziway) Bedele Bedessa Begi Beica Bekoji Bele Bichena Bike Bishoftu Bitena Boditi Bonga Bule Hora Burayu Butajira...

greatest distance runner of all time. Kenenisa Bekele was born in 1982 in Bekoji in the Arsi Zone of Ethiopia, the same town as several other prominent long-distance...

(Oromo: Ijigaayoo Dibaabaa; Amharic: እጅጋዬሁ ዲባባ); born 21 March 1982, in Bekoji) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner. She won the silver medal in the 10...

Ejegayehu Dibaba. Derartu Tulu grew up tending cattle in the village of Bekoji in the highlands of Arsi Province, the same village as Kenenisa Bekele....

life threatening, but that Girma would need some time to recover. Born in Bekoji to countryside farmers, Girma lives in Sululta with several of his family...

successive Boston Marathons. Fatuma Roba was born on 18 December 1973 in Bekoji, Ethiopia. As Fatuma grew up, there were no female role models in long distance...

Guliso (West Welega Zone) Bako (West Shewa Zone) Bedele (Illubabor Zone) Bekoji (Arsi Zone) Berehna Aleltu (Oromia Special Zone Surrounding Finfinne) Bila...

born in Ethiopia and emigrated as a child. Chala is an Oromo from near Bekoji, where the altitude is between 2,500 and 3,000 metres. and although he was...

Region of Ethiopia. It is part of the Arsi Zone. It was part of former Bekoji woreda which was divided for and Limuna Bilbilo woredas. The 2007 national...

Regional State of Ethiopia. It is part of the Arsi Zone. It was part of former Bekoji woreda which was divided for Enkelo Wabe and Limuna Bilbilo woredas. The...

Genzebe Dibaba Keneni Born (1991-02-08) 8 February 1991 (age 33) Chefe, Bekoji, Arsi Province, PDR Ethiopia Height 168 cm (5 ft 6 in) Weight 52 kg (115 lb)...

is the most decorated of the family. Tirunesh was born in the village of Bekoji, Arsi Zone of the Oromia Region and the fourth of six children. She is of...

the north by Tiyo, on the northeast by Digeluna Tijo, and on the east by Bekoji. The administrative center of the woreda is Kersa; other towns in Munesa...

Shebelle River which separates it from the Bale Zone, on the southwest by Bekoji, on the west by Digeluna Tijo, on the north by Tena, and on the east by...

Gebre was born and raised in Lemu, a small rural farming community near Bekoji in Ethiopia's Arsi Zone. He grew up in a family of nine children and spent...

west by Kofele, on the north west by Kore, and on the north and east by Bekoji. The administrative center of the woreda is Hassasa. Ulrich Braukämper theorizes...

town located in the Arsi Zone of Oromia Regional State to the south of Bekoji, it has a latitude and longitude of 7°41′N 39°25′E / 7.683°N 39.417°E...

Arsi Zone, Tena is bordered on the south by Sherka, on the southwest by Bekoji, on the west by Digeluna Tijo, on the northwest by Hitosa, on the north...

Championships Personal information Born (1987-02-28) 28 February 1987 (age 37) Bekoji (woreda), Ethiopia Sport Country  Ethiopia Sport Track, Long-distance running...

is 66:11 minutes (women's only race world record). Netsanet grew up in Bekoji, Ethiopia – an area well known for producing top athletes, including Kenenisa...

Runners is a feature documentary about two girls in the Ethiopian village of Bekoji who want to become track athletes. The initial idea for the film came from...

New Jersey (d. 2005) Derartu Tulu, Ethiopian 10,000 meter medalist, in Bekoji The proposed Equal Rights Amendment was approved by the United States Senate...

Ethiopia. Part of the Arsi Zone, Digeluna Tijo is bordered on the south by Bekoji, on the southwest by Munesa, on the northwest by Tiyo, on the north by Hitosa...

of the Boston Marathon three consecutive times (1997, 1998 and 1999); in Bekoji Died: Rasheed Turabi, 65, Pakistani Shia Islamic scholar Carlos Arias Navarro...

International Cross Country, and Lotto Cross Cup de Hannut. She is from Bekoji, Ethiopia. 1Did not start in the final Outdoor 1500 metres – 4:31.96 (Rieti...

best of 2:20:18 hours came as winner of the 2014 Berlin Marathon. Born in Bekoji in Ethiopia's Oromia Region, she comes from a town renowned for producing...