Masha (town)
Town in Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region, Ethiopia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Masha is a town in south-western Ethiopia. Located in the Sheka Zone in the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples Region (SNNPR), this town has a latitude and longitude of 7°44′50″N 35°28′30″E with an elevation of 2223 meters above sea level. Masha had been the administrative center of the Sheka Zone until 1996 when that Zone was combined with the Keffa Zone to create the Kaficho Shekacho Zone, when it was demoted to the administrative center of only the Masha Anderacha woreda. When the two former Zones were re-created towards the end of 2000, Masha once again became the capital of the restored Sheka Zone.[1]
According to the SNNPR's Bureau of Finance and Economic Development, as of 2003[update] Masha's amenities include electrical service provided by a diesel generator, a bank, and a branch of one of the local microfinance organizations.[2] In 2004, the Ministry of Agriculture proposed the Masha Anderacha woreda as part of a voluntary resettlement program, which led to the local settlement of over 2,000 people from other areas.