Abomsa

Abomsa
Abomsa

Location within Ethiopia

Coordinates: 8°35′N 39°51′E / 8.583°N 39.850°E / 8.583; 39.850Coordinates: 8°35′N 39°51′E / 8.583°N 39.850°E / 8.583; 39.850
Country Ethiopia
Region Oromia
Zone Arsi Zone
Elevation 1,438 m (4,718 ft)
Population (2005)
 • Total 19,208
Time zone EAT (UTC+3)
Climate Aw

Abomsa is a town in central Ethiopia; the name comes from the Oromo word for "friend, comrade". Located in the Arsi Zone of the Oromia Region, the town has a latitude and longitude of 8°35′N 39°51′E / 8.583°N 39.850°E / 8.583; 39.850 and an altitude of 1438 meters. It is the administrative center of Merti woreda.

According to the Oromia Regional government, this town currently has telephone and postal service, and is provided with electricity on a 24-hour-a-day basis.[1]

Emperor Haile Selassie visited the veterans' resettlement project near the town on 31 December 1956, which had at the time 8,000 acres (32 km2) under cultivation. During his visit the Emperor announced that a school would be built at Abomsa.[2]

Demographics

Based on 2005 figures from the Central Statistical Agency, Abomsa has an estimated total population of 19,208 of whom 9,548 were men and 9,660 were women.[3] The 1994 national census reported this town had a total population of 10,742 of whom 5,178 were men and 5,564 were women.

Notes

  1. ↑ Socio-economic profile of Arsi Zone, Government of Oromia Region (last accessed 17 January 2008)
  2. ↑ "Local History in Ethiopia" The Nordic Africa Institute website (accessed 11 June 2008)
  3. ↑ CSA 2005 National Statistics, Table B.4
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