Turmi is a market town in south-western Ethiopia. Located in the Debub Omo Zone of the South Ethiopia Regional State, the town has a latitude and longitude of 4°58′N36°29′E / 4.967°N 36.483°E / 4.967; 36.483 with an elevation of 925 metres above sea level.
Home to many of the Hamer people, Turmi has a weekly market on Mondays. One product available at this market is incised gourds, used by local women as shopping baskets.[1] Turmi is also notable for its traditional dances and the Jumping of the Bulls.
In January, 2005, Turmi was the location for global conference of pastoralists. This was the largest meeting of its type, attended by about 200 pastoralists, government representatives and UN and donor organisations from 23 countries on four continents. Conferees discussed common problems and possible strategies for continuing their way of life in an evolving world.[2]
^"Local History in Ethiopia" (pdf) The Nordic Africa Institute website (accessed 20 June 2007)
^"Relief Bulletin: 21 January 2005", UN-OCHA-Ethiopia (accessed 26 February 2009)
Turmi is a market town in south-western Ethiopia. Located in the Debub Omo Zone of the South Ethiopia Regional State, the town has a latitude and longitude...
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ceremony in Eswatini – 2006 Young Hamer woman in southern Ethiopia (near Turmi) – 2006 Himba herders the Kaokoveld desert Beauty Scarification, Suri Tribe...
Kalajanga, Primary School; Kalajanga B Ung. Sale Mai Maciji; Tashan Turmi, Kofar Sarki Turmi Kirfi Beni A' Beni, Primary School I; Beni, Primary School II;...
administrations, which are considered as Woreda for all administrative purposes. Turmi which is in the Hamer woreda is also one of town administration in this...
center was Dimeka; other towns in Hamer Bena included Arbore, Key Afer, and Turmi. Hamer Bena was separated for Hamer and Bena Tsemay woredas. This woreda...
some gates that are no longer in existence, these gates are; The Gate of Turmi, Gate of Keke, Gate of Angulu, Gate of Gazobi and Gate of Waziri. Gate of...
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