Hosaena
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Hosa'ina ሆሣዕና |
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 Ethiopia
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| Region : | Southern nations, nationalities and peoples | ||
| Coordinates : | 7 ° 33 ' N , 37 ° 51' E | ||
| Height : | 2,177 meters above sea level | ||
| Residents : | 141,352 (2016) | ||
| Time zone : | EAT (UTC + 3) | ||
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Hosaena (also Hosanna , Hosa'ina or Hossana ; Amharic ሆሣዕና Hosanna! ) Is a city and woreda in southern Ethiopia in the Hadiya zone in the region of the southern nations, nationalities and peoples of Ethiopia.
The city is in 2016 with approx. 141,352 inhabitants (and growing rapidly) one of the larger in Ethiopia and after Awassa and Soddo the third largest in the region of the southern nations, nationalities and peoples .
The ethnic composition of Hosanna and the surrounding area is largely homogeneous. Most of the people from the Hadiyya people who speak their own language live here . The city is a center and stronghold of Protestantism in Ethiopia . Few Catholics exist . Nevertheless, Hosaena is the seat of the Roman Catholic Apostolic Vicariate of Hosanna .
The city is located at an altitude of about 2200 m above sea level in the highlands of Abyssinia . Despite the altitude, Hosaena is not malaria-free . Temperatures are around 15 ° C on average, are pleasant despite the high altitude and change little over the year due to the location in the tropics.
The city is well connected to the Ethiopian trunk road network and lies on the Trans-Africa-Highway Cairo-Cape Town, which has been completed in Ethiopia . The next big cities are Soddo in the south, Awassa in the east, and Addis Ababa in the north.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Central Statistics Agency (Ethiopia): Population Projection of Ethiopia from all Regions at Wereda Level for 2014-2017. (No longer available online.) 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.
- ^ Hosaena Monthly Climate Average, Ethiopia. worldweatheronline.com, accessed October 13, 2016 (English, Amharic).
