Ziway
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Ziway or Zway is a town in central Ethiopia. It is located on the road connecting Addis Ababa to Nairobi in the Misraq Shewa Zone of the Oromia Region of Ethiopia, Ziway has a latitude and longitude of with an elevation of 1643 meters above sea level.
Adjacent to Lake Ziway, the economy of the town is based on fishing and horticulture. Ziway is also home to a prison and a caustic soda factory.
Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, Ziway has an estimated total population of 35,931 of whom 19,034 were males and 16,897 were females.[1] The 1994 national census reported this town had a total population of 20,056 of whom 10,323 were males and 9,733 were females. Ziway is the largest town in Adami Tullu and Jido Kombolcha woreda.
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- ^ CSA 2005 National Statistics, Table B.4
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