Elevation of Giyon, Oromia, Ethiopia

Giyon, Oromia, Ethiopia is 2,022 m (6,634 ft) above sea level.

Giyon's height from sea level is 2,022 metres, or 6,634 feet. GeoNames reads 2,026 m at the same point (SRTM); Wikidata records 2,063 m.

Also written: Ghion Waliso.

Ground within 5 km

1,926 m – 2,155 m

Mean 2,023 m across the 10.1 km square centred on the town, 229 m from its lowest cell to its highest.

Rank by elevation

133rd of 284

among the towns of Oromia, and 272nd of 645 in Ethiopia.

Nearest town

Chitu

10.1 km to the N, at 2,214 m, 192 m higher.

Cross-section through Giyon

Ground elevation along two lines through the town, 28.6 km end to end, one cell (about 1 km) per step. The red dot is Giyon; the vertical scale is the same on both.

West to east: from 1,924 m at 14 km west to 2,686 m at 14 km east.

North to south: from 2,281 m at 14 km north to 1,945 m at 14 km south.

Shaded relief of the 60 km around Giyon, drawn from the GMTED2010 grid — Relief, 60 km across, north up; the ring marks the town.

Shading is a north-west light over the grid's own slopes. Colour follows elevation: sea level and below, 0–200 m, 500 m, 1,000 m, 2,000 m, 3,500 m, 5,000 m and above.

Towns near Giyon

Town	Distance	Direction	Elevation	Compared
Chitu	10.1 km	N	2,214 m (7,264 ft)	+192 m
Gurura	12.1 km	SW	1,923 m (6,309 ft)	−99 m
Dilala	15.3 km	NE	2,419 m (7,936 ft)	+397 m
Busa	27.1 km	N	2,780 m (9,121 ft)	+758 m
Ego	29.2 km	SE	2,360 m (7,743 ft)	+338 m

Where Giyon is

Latitude 8.526528, longitude 37.97274. Open the map here to read the elevation of any point around the town.

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About this reading

The elevation is the value of the GMTED2010 terrain grid (USGS/NGA, 30 arc-second cells of about 1 km) at Giyon's recorded coordinates. It is the height of the ground in that cell, not of any building; a town on a slope spans several cells, and the range above says how much that matters here. GeoNames' reading of 2,026 m comes from a finer 90 m SRTM grid at the point it records for the town, which may sit a few hundred metres from ours; the two agreeing to within a few metres is the usual case on flat ground, and a larger gap means the ground is steep. Wikidata's figure is the one its editors cite for the town, often from a survey marker or the town hall.