Guennet, Ethiopia

Guennet, Ethiopia

Other spellings, other names: Genet, Gennet, Gennett, Holletta, Holeto (Holetta is the local name and Guennet is the Amhara name — or vice versa. After Mengistu came to power, the official usage became Guennet.)

Province, region: Shoa

Location: @ 44k W of Addis Ababa on the road to Addis Alem and Ambo (Haghere Hiwot). MORE

About the community:

The main local feature is the military college from which Mengistu and his buddies graduated.

Photos:

NOTE: Every RPCV is invited to send to the webmaster information about the community, plus photos of the community, its people, and its PCVs (3 maximum of each category from each RPCV). For photos, please include date taken and description.

Peace Corps Volunteers who served in Guennet:

David K. Krecke	1964–66
Jo Ann McMahan Krecke	1964–66
Jo Ann McMahan	1964–66
Lorna Mann	1966–68
Lorna Zimmerman	1966–68
Spencer Zimmerman	1966–68
J. Riley Redding	1967-69
William Robertson	1967-
Patricia J. Hamilton	1968-70
E. Merritt Hulst	1968-70
Patricia J. Hamilton Hulst	1968-70
Maggie McComas	1968–70
Henry Muller	1968-70
Maggie McComas Muller	1968-70
Bob O. St. John	1970-72, 1973-74
James J. Goodyear	1971-75

If you served in this community and are not listed, please send your name and years of service to the webmaster.

For more about the PCVs check the alphabetical listing:
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
and the training group listings.

Please note: All maps and borders are approximate; likewise, distances listed for location.

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