Adet

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Adet
Adet Location in Ethiopia
Coordinates: 11°16′N 37°29′E / 11.267, 37.483
Country	‎ Ethiopia
Region	Amhara Region
Zone	Mirab Gojjam Zone
Elevation	2,216 m (7,270 ft)
Population (2005)
- Total	21, 117 (est)

Adet (also known as Addiet Canna) is a town in northwestern Ethiopia. Located south of Bahir Dar in the Mirab Gojjam Zone of the Amhara Region (or kilil), this town has a latitude and longitude of 11°16′N, 37°29′E with an altitude of 2216 meters (7273 feet).

Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, this town has an estimated total population of 21,117 of whom 10,508 were males and 10,609 were females.^[1] The 1994 census reported this town had a total population of 12,178 of whom 5,529 were males and 6,649 were females. It is the largest settlement in Adet woreda.

Records at the Nordic Africa Institute website provide details of the primary school in Adet in 1968. In January 1985, proposals were invited for the construction of an agricultural research station at Adet.^[2]

[edit] Notes

1. ^ CSA 2005 National Statistics, Table B.4
2. ^ "Local History in Ethiopia" (pdf) The Nordic Africa Institute website (accessed 14 May 2008)