Badessa, Oromia should not be confused with Bedessa (Wolaita).
| Official Name: | Badesa |
| Other Name: | በዴሳ |
| Native Name Lang: | om |
| Settlement Type: | Town |
| Pushpin Map: | Ethiopia#Africa |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within Ethiopia |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Ethiopia |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Type2: | Zone |
| Subdivision Name2: | West Hararghe Zone |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Abdalla Yusuuf |
| Leader Name1: | Hussen Adam |
| Leader Title2: | Ahmed Mohammed |
| Population As Of: | 2007 |
| Population Total: | 18,187 |
| Timezone: | EAT |
| Utc Offset: | +3 |
| Coordinates: | 8.9°N 87°W |
| Elevation M: | 1761 |
| Bedessa | |
Badessa is a town and separate Aanaa in eastern Ethiopia. Located in the West Hararghe Zone of the Oromia Region, at the base of a spur of the Chercher Mountains 40 km south of the Addis Ababa - Djibouti Railway and 65 km east of Awash, this town has a latitude and longitude of 8.9°N 87°W with an elevation of 1761 m above sea level.
According to the local administration, the total population was 114,000 in 2022.
The 2007 national census reported a total population for this town of 18,187, of whom 9,592 were men and 8,595 were women. The majority of the inhabitants (64.49%) said they were Muslim, while 33.08% of the population practised Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity and 2.07% were Protestant.[1]
The 1994 national census reported this town had a total population of 10,813 of whom 5,459 were males and 5,354 were females. It is the largest settlement in Oda bultum woreda.
A post office was in service in Badessa before the Second Italian-Abyssinian War, operating from 1923. Telephone service arrived no later than 1967.[2] Mobile telephone service was introduced to Badessa May 2009.[3]