Badessa
Badessa is a town and separate woreda in eastern Ethiopia. Located in the West Hararghe Zone of the Oromia Region, at the base of a spur of the Chercher Mountains 40 km south of the Addis Ababa - Djibouti Railway and 65 km east of Awash, this town has a latitude and longitude of 8°54′N 40°47′E with an elevation of 1761 m above sea level.
Badesa | |
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Badesa Location within Ethiopia | |
Coordinates: 8°54′N 40°47′E | |
Country | |
Region | Oromia |
Zone | West Hararghe Zone |
Government | |
• Mayor | Birmajii Yusuf |
Area | |
• Urban | 30 km2 (10 sq mi) |
Elevation | 1,761 m (5,778 ft) |
Population (2007) | |
• City | 52,187 |
Time zone | UTC+3 (EAT) |
The 2007 national census reported a total population for this town of 52,187, of whom 30,100 were men and 22,087 were women. The majority of the inhabitants said they were Muslim, with 80.49% of the population reporting they observed this belief, while 17.08% of the population practised Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity and 3.07% of the population were Protestant.[1]
The 1994 national census reported this town had a total population of 10,813 of whom 5,459 were males and 5,354 were females. It is the largest settlement in Oda bultum woreda.
A post office was in service in Badessa before the Second Italian-Abyssinian War, operating from 1923. Telephone service arrived no later than 1967.[2] Mobile telephone service was introduced to Bedessa May 2009.[3]
References
- 2007 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia: Results for Oromia Region, Vol. 1 Archived November 13, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, Tables 2.1, 2.5, 3.4 (accessed 13 January 2012)
- "Local History in Ethiopia" (pdf) The Nordic Africa Institute website (accessed 11 December 2007)
- "Six towns in W. Hararge get access to mobile telephone service", Ethiopian News Agency 23 May 2009 (accessed 30 May 2009)