Asasa

Asasa
Asasa Location within Ethiopia
Coordinates: 7°6′N 39°12′E / 7.100°N 39.200°E / 7.100; 39.200Coordinates: 7°6′N 39°12′E / 7.100°N 39.200°E / 7.100; 39.200
Country	Ethiopia
Region	Oromia
Zone	Mirab Arsi Zone
Elevation	2,367 m (7,766 ft)
Population (2005)
• Total	19,506
Time zone	EAT (UTC+3)

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 / 7.100°N 39.200°E / 7.100; 39.200 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.

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