Awassa

Awassa አዋሳ
State :	Ethiopia
Region :	Southern nations, nationalities and peoples
Coordinates :	7 ° 3 '  N , 38 ° 28'  E Coordinates: 7 ° 3 '  N , 38 ° 28'  E
Height :	1,708 meters above sea level
Residents :	318,618 (2016)
Time zone :	EAT (UTC + 3)
Awassa

Awassa (also Awasa or Hawassa , Amharic አዋሳ Awassa ) is the capital of the region of the southern nations, nationalities and peoples in southern Ethiopia . It is located in the Sidama zone on Lake Awasa in the East African Rift Valley , around 280 km south of Addis Ababa .

According to an estimate from 2016, Awassa had 318,618 inhabitants. In 1994, of 69,169 residents, 31.42% were Amharen , 24.91% Wolaytta , 11.55% Oromo , 10.2% Sidama , 4.85% Kambaata , 4.6% Tigray , 3.23% Soddo- Gurage , 2 , 15% Silt'e , 2.13% Sebat-Bet-Gurage and 1.56% Hadiyya . 63.42% spoke Amharic as their mother tongue, 14.55% Wolaytta , 8.19% Sidama , 4.2% Oromo , 2.47% Tigrinya and 2.38% Kambaata .

The site of today's Awassa was originally thickly forested, and to this day there are tall oaks and acacias, especially in the north and west of the city. The year-round availability of water made the place attractive for the inhabitants of the highlands, but recently the water quality has deteriorated because, as in other Ethiopian cities, there is no waste disposal or sewage treatment system. The fact that Awassa became the capital of the Sidamo Province and is now the capital of the region of the southern nations, nationalities and peoples contributed to the strong growth of the city.

A road connects Awassa with Addis Ababa and with Nairobi .

Fishing in Lake Awasa is an important source of income for the city. The international company Indochine, which has 15,000 employees worldwide, is building a textile factory for outerwear on site; in 2017 it employed 1,500 seamstresses.

With the Awasa Adventist College and the University of Awassa (formerly Debub University , University of the South), the city has two universities.

Awassa is the seat of the Apostolic Vicariate Awassa . The largest and most famous church in the city is St. Gabriel.

Population development

The following overview shows the population by area since the 1984 census.

year	Residents
1984	36,169
1994	69,169
2007	157.139
2015	318,618

Picture gallery

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  View over the outskirts of Awassa and the Awasa lake

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  The Church of St. Gabriel is one of the most famous sights in Awassa

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  A woman and her cattle on the top of the largest elevation near Awassa

Climate table

Awassa
Climate diagram
J F. M. A. M. J J A. S. O N D.     30th   29 19th     45   29 20th     65   29 21st     100   28 21st     120   27 20th     105   25th 19th     130   24 19th     130   24 19th     115   25th 19th     80   26th 19th     30th   28 19th     15th   28 19th Temperature in ° C ,  precipitation in mm Source: National Meteorological Agency of Ethiopia

Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Awassa Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Max. Temperature ( ° C ) 29 29 29 28 27 25th 24 24 25th 26th 28 28 O 26.8 Min. Temperature (° C) 19th 20th 21st 21st 20th 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th O 19.5 Precipitation ( mm ) 30th 45 65 100 120 105 130 130 115 80 30th 15th Σ 965 Rainy days ( d ) 6th 9 14th 17th 17th 16 20th 20th 21st 13 6th 4th Σ 163 Source: National Meteorological Agency of Ethiopia

Web links

Commons : Awassa  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Population Projection of Ethiopia from all Regions at Wereda Level for 2014-2017. (No longer available online.) Central Statistics Agency (Ethiopia), archived from the original on October 17, 2015 ; Retrieved August 25, 2016 (English, Amharic). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ The 1994 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia: Results for Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples' Region , Volume I: Part I. Statistical Report on Population Size and Characteristics. ( Memento of the original from November 15, 2010 in the Internet Archive ; PDF; 87.4 MB) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. CSA, 1996, pp. 154, 196 
3. ↑ Mekete Belachew: Awasa . In: Siegbert Uhlig (Ed.): Encyclopaedia Aethiopica , Volume 1. 2003, ISBN 978-3-447-04746-3
4. ↑ Angela Köckritz: The girl and capital . In: Die Zeit , No. 52/2017, p. 17 f .; report
5. ↑ Ethiopia: Regions & Cities - Population Statistics in Maps and Tables. Retrieved January 6, 2019 . 
6. ↑ National Meteorological Agency of Ethiopia: Klimeinformationen Awassa. World Meteorological Organization, accessed October 27, 2012 .