Asasa Explained

Official Name:Asasa
Settlement Type:Town
Pushpin Map:Ethiopia
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location within Ethiopia
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Ethiopia
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Oromia
Subdivision Type2:Zone
Subdivision Name2:west Arsi Zone
Population As Of:2005
Population Total:19,506
Timezone:EAT
Utc Offset:+3
Coordinates:7.1°N 39.1944°W
Elevation M:2367
Blank Name:Climate
Blank Info:Cwb

Asasa is a town in southeastern Ethiopia. Located in the West Arsi Zone of the Oromia Region, this town has a latitude and longitude of 7.1°N 51°W with an elevation of 2367 meters above sea level. It is the administrative center of Gedeb Asasa woreda.

Asasa was the location of the Kulumsa experimental farm, a project of Chilalo Agricultural Development Union that ran from 1966 to 1968.[1] In the late 1980s, a Skills Training Center operated in this town, teaching useful trades like pot-making.[2]

Based on figures from the Ethiopian Central Statistical Agency in 2005, Asasa has an estimated total population of 19,506 of whom 9,865 are men and 9,641 are women.[3] The 1994 national census reported this town had a total population of 10,903 of whom 5,350 were men and 5,553 women.

Notes and References

  1. https://nai.uu.se/download/18.39fca04516faedec8b248c16/1580827183066/ORTARG05.pdf "Local History in Ethiopia"(Arga - Assussili)
  2. http://130.238.24.99/library/resources/dossiers/local_history_of_ethiopia/A/ORTARG.pdf "Local History in Ethiopia" (Kuha - Kunzila)
  3. http://www.csa.gov.et/text_files/2005_national_statistics.htm CSA 2005 National Statistics