Asasa

Asasa is a town in southeastern Ethiopia. Located in the West Arsi Zone of the Oromia Region, this town has a latitude and longitude of 07°06′N 39°12′E with an elevation of 2367 meters above sea level. It is the administrative center of Gedeb Asasa woreda.

Asasa
Town
Asasa Location within Ethiopia
Coordinates: 7°6′0″N 39°11′40″E
Country	Ethiopia
Region	Oromia
Zone	west Arsi Zone
Elevation	2,367 m (7,766 ft)
Population  (2005)
• Total	19,506
Time zone	UTC+3 (EAT)
Climate	Cwb

Asasa was the location of the Kulumsa experimental farm, a project of Chilalo Agricultural Development Union that ran from 1966 to 1968.^[1] In the late 1980s, a Skills Training Center operated in this town, teaching useful trades like pot-making.^[2]

Based on figures from the Ethiopian Central Statistical Agency in 2005, Asasa has an estimated total population of 19,506 of whom 9,865 are men and 9,641 are women.^[3] The 1994 national census reported this town had a total population of 10,903 of whom 5,350 were men and 5,553 women.

Notes

1. "Local History in Ethiopia"(Arga - Assussili) The Nordic Africa Institute website (accessed 22 April 2022)
2. "Local History in Ethiopia" (Kuha - Kunzila) Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine The Nordic Africa Institute website (accessed 27 May 2008)
3. CSA 2005 National Statistics Archived November 23, 2006, at the Wayback Machine, Table B.4