Bedessa
Baddeeysaa (Oromo) በዴሳ | |
|---|---|
Town | |
| Badesa | |
  Bedessa Location within Ethiopia  Bedessa Bedessa (Africa) | |
| Coordinates: 8°54′N 40°47′E / 8.900°N 40.783°E | |
| Country |  Ethiopia |
| Region |  Oromia |
| Zone | West Hararghe Zone |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Abdalla Yusuuf |
| Elevation | 1,761 m (5,778 ft) |
| Population (2007) | |
| • Total | 18,187 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (EAT) |
Badessa is a town and separate Aanaa in eastern Ethiopia. Located in the West Hararghe Zone of the Oromia Region, at the base of a spur of the Chercher Mountains 40 km south of the Addis Ababa - Djibouti Railway and 65 km east of Awash, this town has a latitude and longitude of 8°54′N 40°47′E / 8.900°N 40.783°E with an elevation of 1761 m above sea level.
According to the local administration, the total population was 114,000 in 2022.
The 2007 national census reported a total population for this town of 18,187, of whom 9,592 were men and 8,595 were women. The majority of the inhabitants (64.49%) said they were Muslim, while 33.08% of the population practised Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity and 2.07% were Protestant.[1]
The 1994 national census reported this town had a total population of 10,813 of whom 5,459 were males and 5,354 were females. It is the largest settlement in Oda bultum woreda.
A post office was in service in Badessa before the Second Italian-Abyssinian War, operating from 1923. Telephone service arrived no later than 1967.[2] Mobile telephone service was introduced to Badessa May 2009.[3]
- ^ 2007 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia: Results for Oromia Region, Vol. 1 Archived November 13, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, Tables 2.1, 2.5, 3.4 (accessed 13 January 2012)
- ^ "Local History in Ethiopia"[permanent dead link] (pdf) The Nordic Africa Institute website (accessed 11 December 2007)
- ^ "Six towns in W. Hararge get access to mobile telephone service"[permanent dead link], Ethiopian News Agency 23 May 2009 (accessed 30 May 2009)