Iteya Explained

Official Name:Iteya
Other Name:Itaya, Itiya, Eteya, Etya, Etaya[1]
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 Type2:Zone
Subdivision Name2:Arsi Zone
Subdivision Type3:Woreda
Subdivision Name3:Hitosa
Population As Of:2005
Population Total:3,601
Timezone:EAT
Utc Offset:+3
Coordinates:8.1333°N 53°W
Elevation M:2,215

Iteya is a town in southeastern Ethiopia. Located in the Arsi Zone of the Oromia Region east of Lake Zway. It is the administrative center of the Hitosa woreda.

According to the Oromia Regional government, this town currently has telephone and postal service, and is supplied with electricity from a nearby hydroelectric source.[2] Nordic Africa Institute records a junior secondary school in Iteya in 1968.

Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, Iteya has an estimated total population of 12,979 of whom 6,418 are men and 6,561 are women.[3] The 1994 national census reported this town had a total population of 7260 of whom 3,481 were men and 3,779 were women.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Local history of Ethiopia - Intada - Izha. Nordic Africa Institute.
  2. http://oromiagov.org/Socio%20Economic%20Profile/Arsi/Arsi%20Zone.pdf Socio-economic profile of Arsi Zone
  3. http://www.csa.gov.et/text_files/2005_national_statistics.htm CSA 2005 National Statistics