Adama
Adaamaa (in Oromo) አዳማ (in Amharic) Nazareth | |
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City | |
From top: Addis Ababa-Dire Dawa Road; Saint Mary's Ethiopian Orthodox Church; Oromia Martyrs Monument; Adama City; Addis Ababa–Adama Expressway | |
  Adama Location within Ethiopia  Adama Location within the Horn of Africa  Adama Location within Africa | |
| Coordinates: 08°32′29″N 39°16′08″E / 8.54139°N 39.26889°E | |
| Country |  Ethiopia |
| Region |  Oromia |
| Zone | East Shewa |
| Elevation | 1,712 m (5,617 ft) |
| Population (2007)[1] | |
• Total | 220,212 |
• Estimate (2021)[2] | 435,222 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (EAT) |
| Area code | (+251) 22 |
| Climate | Aw |
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Adama (Oromo: Adaamaa, Amharic: አዳማ), formerly Nazreth (Amharic: ናዝሬት),[3] is a one of the cities of Oromia Region of Ethiopia.[4][5][needs update?] Located in the East Shewa Zone 99 km (62 mi) southeast of the capital, Addis Ababa, the city sits between the base of an escarpment to the west, and the Great Rift Valley to the east.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
csawas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Population Projection Towns as of July 2021" (PDF). Ethiopian Statistics Agency. 2021. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
- ^ Alain Gascon, "Adaama" in Siegbert Uhlig, ed., Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2003, p.70.
- ^ 2009 CIA map marks Nazrēt (Adama) as an administrative (regional) capital.
- ^ Eritrea and Ethiopia (Map). 1:5,000,000. Central Intelligence Agency. 2009. Map #803395.