Official Name: | Sheger City, Gelan Guda Cub City, Daleti Woreda |
Native Name Lang: | om |
Settlement Type: | Sub City |
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: | Oromia Special Zone Surrounding Finfinne |
Subdivision Type3: | Woreda |
Subdivision Name3: | Sebeta Hawas |
Population As Of: | 2005 |
Population Total: | 8,317 |
Timezone: | EAT |
Utc Offset: | +3 |
Coordinates: | 8.9167°N 77°W |
Elevation M: | 2369 |
Sebeta Hawas also known as Alem Gena (Oromo: Sabbataa Hawaas) is a town in central Oromia Region, Ethiopia. It is located in the Oromia Special Zone Surrounding Finfinne. It is at an elevation of 2369 meters above sea level. Sebeta Hawas is one of four towns in Sebeta Hawas district.
Records at the Nordic Africa Institute website state that there is an equipment yard for the Ethiopian Highway Authority in Sebeta Hawas.[1] One of the largest Turkish textile factories, AYKA Textile Industry and Trade Incorporated, began relocating its garment factory to Sebeta Hawas in December 2006. The Turkish manufacturer established earlier that year an Ethiopian subsidiary, AYKA Addis Plc, to run the factory.[2] This factory, built at a cost of US$140 million, is inaugurated by Prime Minister Meles Zenawi on 30 April 2010.
Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, Sebeta Hawas has an estimated total population of 8,317, of whom 4,051 are men and 4,266 are women.[3] The 1994 national census reported this town had a total population of 4,654 of whom 2,197 were men and 2,457 were women.