Asasa

Asasa

Location within Ethiopia

Coordinates: 7°6′N 39°12′ECoordinates: 7°6′N 39°12′E

Country Ethiopia
Region Oromia
Zone Mirab Arsi Zone

Elevation 2,367 m (7,766 ft)

Population (2005)
• Total 19,506

Time zone UTC+3 (EAT)

Climate Cwb

Asasa is a town in southeastern Ethiopia. Located in the Mirab 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 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 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