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The table below shows cities and towns with more than 40,000 inhabitants (from the projection for 2016 by using the 2007 census data). [1] [2] The population numbers are referring to the inhabitants of the cities themselves, suburbs and the metropolitan area outside the city area are not taken into account.
አማርኛ; Anarâškielâ; العربية; Azərbaycanca; বাংলা; Беларуская; Български; Bosanski; Brezhoneg; Català; Čeština; Dansk
Dilla (Amharic: ዲላ) is a market town and separate woreda in southern Ethiopia.The administrative center of the Gedeo Zone in the former Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples Region (SNNPR) now it is South Ethiopia Regional State (SER), it is located on the main road from Addis Ababa to Nairobi.
However, since the late 1990s, it has been officially known by the Oromo name, Bishoftu from bishaanooftuu (which translates to "watery"), [3] [4] which was its name until 1955. [5] The town serves as the primary airbase of the Ethiopian Air Force. Bishoftu is located 47.9 kilometres (29.8 mi) southeast of Addis Ababa along its route 4 highway. [6]
Hosaena, Hossana or Hosaina is a town which level as a woreda in southern Ethiopia, and currently serve as the administrative center of Hadiya Zone and Central Ethiopia Regional State as well. Geographically located to the central south of Ethiopia, with a latitude and longitude of 7°33′N 37°51′E / 7.550°N 37.850°E / 7.550 ...
The exact number of zones is unclear, as the names and number of zones given in documents by Ethiopia's Central Statistical Agency differ between 2005 [1] and 2007. [2] Various maps give different zone names and boundaries. Zones are a 2nd level subdivision of Ethiopia, below regions and above woredas, or districts. The zones are listed below ...
Konso is the first place in Ethiopia recognized as a "cultural landscape". [6] A permaculture farm, Strawberry Fields Eco-Lodge, was founded in 2007 north of town and works with international volunteers and three local schools to grow food, promote ecotourism, and provide permaculture education. [7]
The majority of the inhabitants practiced Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, with 45.97% of the population reporting that belief, 33.8% were Protestants, 17.71% were Muslim, and 1.05% practiced traditional beliefs. [6] The 1994 national census reported this town had a total population of 10,652 of whom 5,612 were males and 5,040 were females.