List of cities and towns in Ethiopia explained

This is a list of cities and town in Ethiopia ordered by size and alphabetically.

By population

The table below shows cities and towns with more than 40,000 inhabitants (from the projection for 2016 by using the 2007 census data).[1] [2] The population numbers are referring to the inhabitants of the cities themselves, suburbs and the metropolitan area outside the city area are not taken into account. Given the suburbs and the metropolitan area, the number of inhabitants might be much larger in several cases. Addis Ababa, for example, might have a total population of 4.5 to 5 million if also taking the metropolitan area into account.

Some towns which should be beyond a number of 40,000 inhabitants (like Holeta) are not shown as the last census happened in 2007. At that time, the area of some towns was different which makes it hard to provide numbers. Also, the last census happened in 2007, which results in major uncertainties. The next major census to account for these issues is foreseen to happen in February 2018.

OrderNameCensus
1984		Census
1994		Census
2007		ProjectedEstimate
2016		RegionZone/Woreda
1. 1,412,575 2,112,737 2,739,5513,352,000 Addis Ababa Chartered CityAddis Ababa Chartered City
2. 61,583 112,249 207,044341,991 Dire dawa
3. 35,332 120,249 215,914340,859 Mekelle Special Zone
4. 76,284 127,842 220,212 338,940 East Shewa Zone
5. 36,169 69,169 157,139318,618Sidama Region
6. 54,800 96,140 155,428297,794 Bahir Dar Special Zone
7. 98,104 164,851 233,224285,000 North Gonder zone Gonder City
8. 68,848 97,314 120,095198,428Debub Wollo Zone
9. 60,992 88,867 120,960186,148 Jimma Special Zone
10. 23,183 56,821 125,876164,321Fafan Zone
11. 31,531 52,080 100,454154,587West Arsi Zone
12. 51,143 73,372 99,928 153,847East Shewa Zone
13. 24,592 36,287 76,050153,322Wolayita Zone
14. 23,032 40,020 74,879151,013Gamo Gofa Zone
15. 15,167 31,701 69,995141,352Hadiya Zone
16. 62,160 76,378 99,368 133,000 East Hararghe Zone
17. 23,936 33,734 59,150119,276Gedeo Zone
18. 28,824 47,258 75,219 115,741East Welega
19. 25,753 38,717 65,231107,827 Semien Shewa Zone
20. 36,720 47,391 67,269 103,522Arsi Zone
21. 39,808 49,297 62,497103,263 Misraq Gojjam
22. 15,782 39,466 58,66796,968 Debub Wollo Zone
23. ... 22,455 55,596 91,968 Debub Gondar
24. 16,262 37,417 57,58890,658Misraqawi Zone
25. ... 12,29431,408 80,693 [3] Wolayita Zone/Boloso Sore
26. 15,690 24,533 46,13976,331 Semien Wollo Zone
27. ... ... 49,331 75,929 Oromia Special Zone
28. ... ... 48,876 75,232 Oromia Special Zone
29. Shire (Inda Selassie) 12,846 25,269 47,28474,503Semien Mi'irabawi Zone
30. 17,325 27,636 48,17174,120West Shewa Zone
31. 13,096 23,512 47,29272,789West Arsi Zone/Arsi Negele
32. 17,753 27,148 44,64770,360Mehakelegnaw Zone
33. ... 18,263 39,022 70,099 Agnewak Zone
34. ... ... 44,382 68,294 Bale Zone
35. ... ... 33,406 67,468 Gurage Zone
36. ... ... 43,660 67,162 East Shewa Zone
37. ... ... 24,133 61,985 Wolayita Zone/Damot Gale
38. 13,823 24,519 40,50063,759Mehakelegnaw Zone
39. 16,003 24,183 30,34860,260Sidama Zone/Dale
40. 16,811 25,491 37,87858,296Southwest Shewa Zone
41. ... ... 28,866 58,223 Gurage Zone
42. ... ... 43,234 56,398 Gode Zone
43. ... ... ,36,252 55,772 East Shewa Zone/Dugda
44. 11,997 23,997 35,26454,251Guji Zone
45. ... ... 26,867 54,203 Alaba special woreda
46. 14,030 26,179 33,21452,435Debubawi Zone
47. Chiro... ... 33,670 51,782 West Hararghe Zone
48. ... ... 24,829 50,065 Sheka Zone/Yeki
49. ... ... 24,472 49,461 Kembata Tembaro Zone
50. 22,963 28,358 32,02549,309Bale Zone
51. 4,159 11,749 24,214 49,145 Assosa Zone
52. ... ... 30,981 47,674 West Welega Zone
53. ... ... 30,210 47,611 Misraqawi Zone
54. ... ... 30,728 47,283 East Hararghe Zone/Haro Maya
55. ... ... 23,144 46,642 Bench Maji Zone/Mizan Aman
56. ... ... 22,704 45,846 Gamo Gofa Zone
57. ... ... 29,547 45,482 East Shewa Zone/Dugda
58. ... ... 29,448 45,309 Kelem Welega Zone
59. ... ... 22,093 44,544 Sidama Zone/Aleta Wondo
60. ... ... 28,782 44,296 Illubabor Zone
61. ... ... 26,177 43,322 Misraq Gojjam Zone/Hulet Ej Enese
62. ... ... 27,493 42,334 Semien Shewa Zone
63. ... ... 25,913 42,882 Mirab Gojjam Zone
64. 27,820 42,801 Borena Zone/Bule Hora
65. ... ... 20,858 42,097 Keffa Zone
66. ... ... 24,867 41,122 Semien Wollo Zone/Kobo
67. ... ... 20,267 41,071 South Omo Zone/Debub Ari
68. ... ... 24,827 41,067 Agew Awi Zone/Dangila
69. ... 28,708 30,02739,182Degehabur Zone
70. ... ... 27,65441,072Wolaita Zone/Damot Weyde
71. 18,764 23,246 25,258 39,174 Jimma Zone

Alphabetical

This listing does not have a threshold for the size of the towns and cities, but only includes places with an entry on this Wikipedia.

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D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

R

S

T

W

Y

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Population and Household Census Ethiopia 2007, Region Amhara. Central Statistics Agency (Ethiopia). www.csa.gov.et. 2016-08-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20170119020450/http://www.csa.gov.et/images/documents/pdf_files/regional/Amhara1.pdf. 2017-01-19. dead.
  2. Web site: Population Projection of Ethiopia from all Regions at Wereda Level for 2014–2017. Central Statistics Agency (Ethiopia). www.csa.gov.et. 2016-08-25. en,am. https://web.archive.org/web/20151017033609/http://www.csa.gov.et/images/general/news/pop_pro_wer_2014-2017. 2015-10-17. dead.
  3. Web site: Population Size of Towns by Sex, Region, Zone and Weredas as of July 2021. www.statsethiopia.gov.et. Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia.

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