Boditi | |
Native Name Lang: | wal/am |
Pushpin Map: | Ethiopia |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Map showing Boditi in Ethiopia |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Eshetu Tadesse |
Leader Party: | Prosperity Party |
Coordinates: | 6.8667°N 89°W |
Timezone1: | EAT |
Utc Offset: | +3 |
Population Total: | 67,861 |
Population As Of: | 2023 |
Elevation M: | 1774 |
Established Date: | 20 November 1959 |
Settlement Type: | City |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Ethiopia |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name2: | Wolaita |
Subdivision Type2: | Zone |
Subdivision Type3: | Woreda |
Subdivision Name3: | Damot Gale |
Population Blank1: | 32,941 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Male |
Population Blank2 Title: | Female |
Population Blank2: | 34,920 |
Image Alt: | Boditi |
Area Total Ha: | 15,255 |
Elevation Min M: | 1,612 |
Elevation Max M: | 2,964 |
Boditi, (Amharic: ቦዲቲ) or (Wolayttattuwa: Bodditte) is a city in south central Ethiopia. Located in the Wolaita Zone of the South Ethiopia Regional State, this town has a latitude and longitude of with an average elevation of 2050 meters above sea level. It is the administrative center of Damot Gale woreda. The town is bounded by Shasha-Gale Kebele in the north, Ade-Koisha Kebele in the south, Chawkare Kebele in the east and Sibaye-Korke kebele in the west. It is located in East Rift valley at a distance of to the south of Addis Ababa and at about to the west of Hawassa.
As of 2006 permanent postal service is available, as well as electricity and telephone service, more colleges and higher educational institutions are currently being developed as the number of school-aged children increases.[1] The map attached to C. W. Gwynn's account of his 1908/09 triangulation survey of southern Ethiopia shows Boditi, with the note that it had a market.[2] During the early 1930s, the market was held on Tuesdays and was very important. In 1969, a group of Swedish architectural students surveyed Boditi, and presented their findings to the University of Lund.[3]
The 1994 national census reported this town had a total population of 13,400 of whom 6,479 were men and 6,921 were women. Boditi is one of densely populated areas in South Ethiopia Regional State. Total population of the town as conducted by central statistical agency of Ethiopia in 2023 is 67,861. Among these males count 32,941 and females count 34,920.[4]