Hosaena

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Hosaena is a town in central Ethiopia, and the capital of the Hadiya Zone. Located in the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People's Region (SNNPR), this town has a latitude and longitude of 7°35′N 37°53′E.

A nearby landmark is the rock-hewn Dawabelo Cave, whose rock-hewn pillars suggest that it is an unfinished monolithic church.[1]

Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, Hosaena has an estimated total population of 57,439 of whom 28,163 were males and 29,276 were females.[2] It is the largest town in Limo woreda.

Hosaena currently is one of the nineteen reform cities of the SNNPR.

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Philip Briggs, Ethiopia: the Bradt Travel Guide, third edition (London: Bradt, 2002), p. 378
  2. ^ CSA 2005 National Statistics, Table B.4
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